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2  ELECTIONS. 

REGISTRATION, 

In  all  the  counties  of  50,000  inhabitants  or  over  and  in  all 
civil  districts  of  2,500  inhabitants  or  over,  *also  in  all  wards  or 
civil  districts  in  which  there  is  a  town  of  750  inhabitants  or  over 
in  counties  containing  15,000  inhabitants  and  upwards,  registra- 
tion is  a  prerequisite  to  voting ;  Provided,  that  the  last  published 
census  shall  control  in  every  case.— ^ic.  Ses.  1890,  Ch.  25;  Acts 
1891,  Ch.  224 ;  Ex.  Ses.  1891,  Ch.  12. 

Only  one  general  registration  shall  be  held  every  two  years 
in  order  to  entitle  voters  to  vote,  except  upon  a  change  of  resi- 
dence. In  civil  districts  of  under  5,000  inhabitants,  situated  in 
counties  not  wholly  subject  to  the  registration  laws,  such  general 
registration  shall  occur  every  four  years.— Ex.  Ses.  1895,  Ch.  3. 

The  Commissioners  of  Registration  shall  appoint  for  each 
ward  or  civil  district  two  registrars  of  voters,  who  shall  be  resi- 
dents of  the  wards  or  civil  districts  for  wnich  they  are  appointed, 
not  more  than  one  of  whom  shall  be  of  the  .-^ame  political  party.— 
Code,  Sec.  1192. 

Before  entering  upon  their  duties  the  registrars  shall  take 
and  subscribe  to  the  following  oath:  "I  do  solemnly  swear 
(or  affirm)  that  I  will  faithfully  and  impartially  keep  the  register 
of  voters  in  my  district  (or  ward) ;  that  I  will  not  knowingly 
register  or  allow  to  be  registered  any  person  not  a  legally  quali- 
fied voter,  and  that  I  will  not  knowingly  prevent  any  person  from 
registering  who  is  a  legally  qualified  voter,  so  help  me  God."— 
Code,  Sec.  1214. 

The  registrars  shall  open  books  for  the  registration  of  voters 
in  their  respective  wards  and  districts  on  the  second  Monday  in 
August,  1895,  and  every  two  years  thereafter.  Said  books  shall 
remain  open  from  8  a.  m.  to  9  p.  m.  for  ten  days,  Sundays 
excluded.  They  shall  issue  certificates  to  all  qualified  voters 
applying  therefor  within  said  ten  days.— Coc^e,  Sees.  1195-1197. 

The  registration  books  shall  be  open  for  three  successive  days 
at  least  twenty  days  prior  to  every  election  for  the  purpose  of 
registering  those  who  have  not  previously  registered  or  who  shall 
have  changed  their  residence  since  the  last  general  registration.— 
Acts  Ex.  Ses.  1895,  Ch.  3. 

*Note.— Ch.  147,  Acts  1901,  declared  unconstitutional  by 
Supreme  Court. 


ELECTIONS.  3 

If  the  registrars  disagree  as  to  the  right  of  an  applicant  to 
be  registered  as  a  voter,  they  shall  register  his  name,  and  after 
issuing  the  certificate  of  registration  shall  write  across  the  face 
of  the  same  the  words,  "The  registrars  disagree,"  whereupon 
the  applicant  may  take  such  certificate  to  the  Commissioners 
of  Registration,  who  shall  determine  the  question  of  disagree- 
ment and  endorse  on  the  certificate  the  words,  "Approved"  or 
"Disapproved,"  and  the  holder  of  such  certificate  shall  not  be 
entitled  to  vote  unless  the  word  "Approved"  is  endorsed  on  the 
certificate  and  signed  by  the  majority  of  the  Board  of  Commis- 
sioners.—Code,  Sec.  1212. 

At  the  close  of  each  day's  registration  the  registrars  shall 
draw  a  heavy  black  line  in  ink  immediately  under  the  last  name 
registered  on  that  day,  entirely  across  the  page  of  the  registration 
book,  to  indicate  the  completion  of  that  day's  registration.— 
Code,  Sec.  1209. 

AVhen  the  books  of  registration  are  completed  they  shall  be 
turned  over  by  the  registrars  to  the  Commissioners  of  Registra/- 
tion  for  their  county  for  safe  keeping,  and  said  commissioners 
shall  thereafter  be  held  responsible  for  the  soine.— Code,  Sec. 
1207. 

SPECIAL  ELECTIONS. 

Special  elections  are  held  (1)  to  fill  vacancies  in  the  ofiice  of 
Senator  or  Representative  in  the  General  Assembly  or  of  Repre- 
sentative in  Congress,  or  (2)  where  a  vacancy  in  any  office  is 
required  to  be  filled  by  election  at  a  time  other  than  the  time 
fixed  for  the  general  election,  or  (3)  in  such  other  cases  as  are  or 
may  be  provided  by  law.— CocZe,  Sec.  1160. 

(a)  The  Governor  shall  give  notice  by  proclamation  of  vacan- 
cies in  the  offices  of  Representative  in  Congress,  members  of 
Assembly,  judges,  district  attorneys  general,  and  also  shall  issue 
writs  of  election  to  the  officers  charged  by  law  to  hold  the  election 
in  the  county  where  the  vacancy  is  to  be  filled.  Upon  receipt  of 
which  writ  or  notice  of  proclamation  such  officer  shall  give  notice 
of  the  time,  place,  and  object  of  such  election  by  publication  in 
some  newspaper  in  the  eounty.—  Code,  Sees.  1162-1165. 

(6)  All  other  special  elections  shall  be  opened  and  held  up«tt 
notice  by  the  Commissioners  of  Registration. 


4  ELECTIONS. 

(Note.— Special  elections  for  judges,  district  attorneys  gen- 
eral, clerks,  registers,  and  tax  assessors,  shall  occur  only  at  the 
general  biennial  August  oieoXicm..— Constitution,  Art.  2,  Sees.  2-5; 
Code,  Sees.  1157,  763;  Note  to  Code,  Sec.  558.) 

(c)  Va<iancies  in  the  offices  of  justice  of  the  peace  and  con- 
stable shall  be  filled  by  special  election  to  be  held  for  the  purpose 
on  at  least  twenty-three  days'  notiee.— Acts  1895,  Ch.  3,  Ex.  Ses.; 
Code,  Sees.  431,  492. 

Should  a  vacancy  occur  in  the  offices  of  Sheriff,  Trustee, 
County  Court  Clerk  and  Register,  it  shall  be  filled  by  the  County 
Court  until  the  general  biennial  August  election;  vacancies 
in  the  offices  of  Circuit  and  Criminal  Court  Clerks  are  filled 
by  appointment  of  the  Judges  of  the  respective  Courts  until  the 
next  general  biennial  August  election.— ^r^.  7,  Sec.  2,  Const. 

RIGHTS  OF  ELECTORS. 

PERSONS  ENTITLED   TO   VOTE. 

Every  male  citizen  of  the  age  of  twenty-one  years  being  a 
citizen  of  the  United  States  and  a  resident  of  this  State  for 
twelve  months,  and  of  the  coiinty  wherein  he  may  offer  to 
vote  for  six  months  next  preceding  the  day  of  election,  shall 
be  entitled  to  vote.— Coc^e,  Sec.  1167. 

All  persons  shall  vote  in  the  civil  district  or  ward  in  which 
they  reside,  except  as  follows:  '  ^ 

1.  Judges,  jurors,  litigants,  and  witnesses  attending  court 
may  vote  in  any  ward  or  district  in  which  court  is  held. 

2.  Sheriffs  or  other  officers  holding  elections  may  vote  in 
any  ward  or  district  in  which  they  may  hold  an  election. 

3.  Candidates  for  county  and  State  offices  or  for  Congress 
may  vote  in  any  ward  or  district  of  their  county  in  which 
they  may  be  on  election  day. 

4.  If  from  any  cause,  there  should  be  a  failure  to  hold  an 
election  in  any  civil  district  or  ward,  the  voters  thereof  may  vote 
in  any  other  district  or  ward  in  their  county  or  town.  —  Code, 
Sees.  1168,  1169. 

PLACE    OF   VOTING. 

If  any  person  go  out  of  his  county  for  a  definite  purpose, 
not  intending  to  change  his  home,  and  return  on  or  before  the 
day  of  election,  he  shall  be  entitled  to  vote;  and  when  a  person 


ELECTIONS.  5 

has  a  fixed  residence  in  a  county,  the  same  shall  continue  to 
be  his  residence  until  he  change  the  same  to  some  other  county  or 
State. -CofZe,  Sec.  1171. 

(Note.— Such  voter  must  be  reg-istered  as  required  by  the 
registration  laws.) 

ELECTORS^  PRIVILEGES. 

Electors  shall  in  all  cases,  except  treason,  felony,  or  breach 
of  the  peace,  be  privileged  from  arrest  or  summons  during  their 
attendance  at  elections,  and*  in  going  to  and  returning  from 
them.— Cod€,  Sec.  1172. 

ELECTION  PRECINCTS. 

The  place  of  holding  elections  shall  be  in  each  civil  district 
at  some  convenient  locality,  to  be  designated  by  the  County 
Court  at  least  six  months  before  the  election,  and  entered  of 
record.— OocZe,  Sec.  1175. 

The  sheriffs  of  the  different  counties  in  this  State  shall  open 
and  hold  the  elections  provided  for,  according  to  the  rules, 
regulations,  and  restrictions  required  by  law,  and  if  there  bo 
no  sheriff,  or  if  he  be  a  candidate,  the  coroner  shall  hold  the 
elections;  or  if  there  be  no  coroner,  or  if  he  be  incompetent, 
then  the  election  shall  be  held  by  some  person  appointed  by  the 
County  Court,  and  said  officer  or  person  shall  appoint  a  sufficient 
number  of  deputies  to  hold  said  elections.— CocZe,  Sees.  1157-1178. 

(Note.— The  Commissioners  of  Registration  and  Election 
Commissioners  now  perform  the  duties  formerly  imposed  upon 
the  sheriff,  coroner,  and  other  officers  of  opening  and  holding 
elections,  returning  the  results,  and  issuing  certificates  of  elec- 
tion.—Acf  5  1897,  O/i.  16.) 

The  Commissioners  of  Registration  appoint  all  the  officers 
of  elections,  and  the  judges  or  inspectors  and  clerks  of  election. — 
Acts  1897,  Ch.  16. 

In  case  of  failure  at  a  particular  voting  place  to  appoint 
officers,  any  justice  of  the  peace  present,  or,  if  none  be  present, 
any  three  freeholders  may  perform  the  duties  of  holding  the 
election,  or,  in  case  of  necessity,  may  act  as  officers  or  inspectors. 
Code,  Sec.  1184. 

OATHS  OF  JUDGES. 

The  officer  or  person  holding  any  election,  or  some  justice 


6  ELECTIONS. 

of  the  peace,  before  the  opening  of  the  polls,  shall  administer 
to  the  judges  appointed  to  hold  the  election  the  following  oath : 

''You  do  solemnly  swear  that  as  judge  of  this  election  you 
will  suffer  no  one  to  vote  whom  you  know  of  your  own  knowledge 
or  who  appears,  either  by  his  own  oath  or  by  the  testimony  of 
others,  not  to  be  a  qualified  voter;  that  you  will  not  suffer  the 
ballot  box  to  be  out  of  the  presence  or  sight  of  at  least  two  of 
your  number  until  every  vote  is  counted  out ;  that  you  will  faith- 
fully and  impartially  conduct  yourselves  as  judges  of  this  elec- 
tion, and  that  you  will  in  all  respects  perform  the  duties  imposed 
upon  you  by  law  as  judges  and  inspectOTS  of  this  election."— 
Code,  Sec.  1885. 

OATH  OF  CLERK  OF  ELECTION. 

The  clerks  of  the  different  elections  shall  take  the  following 
oath : 

"You  do  solemnly  swear  that  you  will  faithfully,  truly,  and 
impartially  discharge  your  duty  as  clerk  of  this  election. ' ' 

Which  oath  shall  be  administered  by  the  officer  of  election, 
or  the  justice  of  the  peace,  or  by  one  of  the  judges  themselves. — 
Code,  Sec.  1186. 

COMPENSATION  FOR  HOLDING  ELECTIONS. 

The  Commis'sioners  of  Registration,  after  the  election  returns 
are  deposited  with  them,  shall  deliver  to  the  Chairman  of  the 
County  Court  a  complete  list  of  the  judges,  clerks,  and  officers 
of  election,  to  each  of  whom  said  Chairman  shall  issue  a  warrant 
for  one  dollar.— CocZe,  Sees.  1187,  1188;  Acts  1897,  Ch.  16. 

REQUIREMENTS  AS  TO  BALLOTS. 

The  ballots  printed  for  use  at  the  public  expense  shall  con- 
tain the  names  of  all  the  candidates  who  have  been  put  in 
nomination  by  any  caucus,  convention,  mass  meeting,  or  other 
assembly  of  any  political  party  of  this  State  at  least  ten  days 
previous  to  the  day  of  election.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Chair- 
man of  the  Board  of  Commissioners  to  have  printed  all  necessary 
ballots  for  use  under  the  provisions  of  this  article,  and  he  shall 
cause  to  be  printed  upon  said  ballots  the  names  of  candidates  so 
nominated,  upon  the  written  request  of  any  one  of  the  candidates 
so  nominated,  or  upon  the  written  request  of  any  qualified  voter, 


ELECTIONS.  7 

who  will  affirm  that  he  was  a  member  of  said  caucus,  and  the 
name  presented  by  him  was  the  nominee  of  said  caucus,  conven- 
tion or  mass  meeting,  or  other  assembly,  of  any  such  political 
party.-Coc^e,  Sec.  1233. 

The  Commissioners  of  Election  shall,  in  addition  to  the  ballots, 
prepare  separate  cards,  to  be  called  ''Cards  of  Instructions," 
for  the  guidance  of  voters  at  such  elections,  and  they  shall  fur- 
nish the  same  and  the  ballots  for  use  in  every  election.— (7o(ie, 
Sec.  1241. 

The  said  officers  shall  cause  to  be  printed  upon  said  ballots 
the  name  of  any  qualified  voter  who  has  been  requested  to 
become  a  candidate  for  any  office  by  a  written  petition  signed 
by  at  least  fifteen  citizens  qualified  to  vote  in. the  election  to 
fill  said  office,  when  such  petition  has  been  given  in  at  least 
ten  days  previous  to  the  election.— Ocxie,  Sec.  1234. 

If  any  qualified  citizen  has  been  nominated,  as  above  specified, 
within  less  than  ten  days  of  the  election,  or  has  been  requested 
to  be  a  candidate,  as  above  specified,  then  said  names  shall  not  be 
printed  upon  said  tickets,  but  in  addition  to  the  names  printed 
upon  said  tickets  there  shall , be  at  least  one  blank  space  under 
each  office  to  be  voted  for,  and  the  candidate  nominated  or  who 
desire's  to  run  of  his  own  volition,  may  have  a  separate  ticket 
printed,  upon  which  the  title  of  the  office  for  which  he  is  a  candi- 
date and  his  own  name  and  address  shall  be  printed;  and  said 
candidate  may  give  these  to  the  officer  or  officers  distributing 
ballots  upon  the  day  of  election,  and  said  officers  shall  give  to 
each  voter,  in  addition  to  the  printed  ticket  as  hereinafter 
specified  a  copy  of  said  ticket.  The  voter  receiving  said  ticket 
shall  not  vote  it,  but  may  consult  it  to  enable  him  to  write  upon 
the  ticket  printed  at  public  expense  the  name  of  such  candidate, 
should  he  so  desire,  and  designate  the  same  by  a  mark  as  herein- 
before prescribed.— Coc^e,  Sec.  1235. 

After  the  proper  officer  has  been  notified  of  the  nomination 
of  any  candidate  for  any  office  he  'shall  not  withdraw  the  same 
unless  upon  the  written  request  of  the  candidate  so  nominated, 
made  at  least  ten  days  before  the  election.— Coc^e,  Sec.  1237. 


8  '  ELECTIOSS. 

PROCEEDINGS  AT  THE  POLLS. 

VOTING. 

On  the  day  of  any  election  held,  where  registration  is 
required,  the  registrars  for  each  district  or  voting  precinct  shall 
appear  at  the  place  where  said  election  is  being  held,  with  the 
books  containing  the  names  of  all  registered  voters,  together  wnth 
a  copy  of  the  same,  and  shall  occupy  a  place  inside  the  polling 
precincts,  and  as  each  voter  therein  registered  shall  vote,  said 
registrars  shall  check  off  or  mark  said  voter ;  and  said  registrars 
shall  make  a  copy  of  said  voters  checked  off  and  return  the  same 
tothe  officer  holding  the  election,  who  shall  file  the  same  with 
the  election  returns.  But  a  failure  of  the  registrars  to  attend  and 
check  the  voters  shall  not  render  an  an  election  void.— Coc^e,  Sec. 
1217. 

The  registrars  shall  have  charge  of  the  official  ballots  and  the 
cards  of  instruction  to  voters  issued  by  the  Commissioners  of 
Election,  on  the  day  of  election,  and  shall  distribute  them  to 
each  voter  as  he  presents  himself  to  cast  his  ballot.  He  shall 
stand  not  closer  than  ten  feet  to  the  entrance  of  the  room  in 
which  the  ballot  box  is  placed.  There  shall  be  appointed  by  the 
Commissioners  of  Registration  for  every  polling  place  one  assist- 
ant registrar,  who  shall  serve  for  the  day  of  election  only  and 
without  compensation.— Code,  Sees.  1242,  1244,  1246. 

Upon  receipt  of  his  ballot  the  voter  shall  present  to  the  assist- 
ant registrar  his  blank  ballot  and  certificate  of  registration, 
who  shall  number  the  ballot  upon  the  stub  thereof  and  also  place 
upon  the  certificate  of  registration  the  same  number.— Coc?e,  Sec. 
1247. 

Upon  receiving  the  ballot  from  the  registrar  the  voter  shall 
thereupon  proceed  to  place  a  cross  mark  X  opposite  the  name 
of  the  candidate  of  his  choice  for  each  office  to  be  filled,  or  by 
filling  in  the  name  of  the  candidate  of  his  choice  in  the  blank 
space  provided  therefor,  and  marking  a  cross  mark  X  opposite 
thereto.  No  voter  shall  be  allowed  to  occupy  a  voting  booth 
longer  than  ten  minutes,  if  other  voters  are  not  waiting,  or  longer 
than  five  minutes  in  the  event  other  voters  are  waiting.— CocZe, 
Sees.  1248,  1251. 

If  any  voter  spoils  his  ballot  he  may  successively  obtain 


ELECTWyS.  9 

others,  one  at  a  time,  not  exceeding  three  in  all,  upon  returning 
each  spoiled  one.— Code,  Sec.  1253. 

If  the  voter  marks  more  names  than  there  are  persons  to 
be  elected  to  an  office,  or  if  for  any  reason  it  is  impossible  to 
determine  the  voter's  choice  for  any  office  to  be  filled,  his  ballot 
shall  not  be  counted  for  such  office.  But  this  shall  not  vitiate 
the  ^ballot  so  far  as  properly  marked.  No  ballot  without  the 
official  endorsement  of  the  Chairman  of  the  Board  of  CommivS- 
sioners  shall  be  deposited.— Coc^e,  Sec.  1255. 

If  there  be  two  tickets  rolled  up  together,  or  if  any  ticket  con- 
tain the  names  of  more  persons  than  the  elector  has  a  right  to 
vote  for,  in  either  of  these  cases  such  tickets  shall  not  be  numbered 
in  taking  the  ballots,  but  shall  be  adjudged  Yo\d.— Code,  Sec. 
1280. 

(Note.  — The  judges  in  their  certificate  should  state  that  such 
ticket  was  adjudged  void.) 

Each  qualified  voter,  after  preparing  his  ballot  according 
to  law,  shall  give  it  to  the  returning  officer  in  presence  of  the 
judges,  to  be  put  into  the  ballot  box.  The  returning  officer  shall 
not  open  or  examine  the  ballot  before  putting  it  into  the  box. — 
Code,  Sees.  1264-1268. 

OATH  AND  QUALIFICATIONS  OF  VOTERS. 

If  a  voter's  right  to  vote  is  questioned,  the  judges,  or  one 
of  them,  or  the  officer  holding  the  election,  under  the  direction 
of  a  majority  of  the  judges,  may  administer  the  following  oath : 

"You  do  solemnly  swear  that  you  will  true  answers  make 
to  such  questions  as  may  be  asked  you  touching  your  qualifica- 
tions or  right  to  vote  in  the  present  election.  So  help  you  God." 
—  Code,  Sec.  1270. 

The  judges  or  some  of  them,  'shall  then  ask  the  person  offering 
to  vote  the  following  questions? 

Are  you  a  citizen  of  the  State  of  Tennessee? 

Are  you  twenty-one  years  of  age    ? 

Do  you  reside  in  this  county? 

Has  your  home  been  in  this  county  six  months  next  before 
this  day  (the  day  of  holding  election)  ? 

Have  you  voted  at  any  other  time  or  place  in  this  election? 
And  any  other  questions  the  judges  may  think  material  to 
ascertain  the  qualifications  of  the  person  offering  to  vote.  And 
if  they,  or  any  one  of  them,  have  reason  to  suspect  that  the  person 


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offering"  to  vote  'has  sworn  falsely,  they  or  the  officer,  or  some 
justice  of  the  peace  under  their  direction,  may  swear  any  by- 
stander as  to  the  right  or  qualification  of  such  person  to  vote. — 
Code,  Sec.  1271. 

The  said  questions  having  been  asked  and  answered  and  the 
testimony  of  the  bystanders  taken  if  desired,  if  the  judges,  or  a 
majority  of  them,  are  satisfied  that  the  person  offering  to  yote 
is  a  citizen  of  this  State,  that  he  is  twenty-one  years  of  age,  that 
he  has  had  his  home  in  the  county  in  which  he  offers  to  vote  six 
months  next  preceding,  that  he  has  not  voted  before  at  the  same 
election,  and  that  he  is  otherwise  qualified,  the  judges  shall 
thereupon  receive  his  \o\Q.—Code,  Sec.  1273. 

The  judges  must  also  be  satisfied  that  the  voter  is  a  resident 
of  the  civil  district  or  ward  in  which  he  offers  to  vote,  as  to 
which  matters  they  may  examine  him  on  oath.— Code,  Sees.  1168, 
1273. 

If  a  foreigner  offering  to  vote  is  objected  to,  he  shall  produce 
a  certified  copy  of  the  record  of  his  naturalization  if  it  be  in  his 
possession,  showing  that  he  has  been  declared  by  a  competent 
court  a  citizen  of  the  United  States.  If  the  record  be  not  in  his 
possession  the  judges  may  satisfy  themselves  from  his  examina- 
tion or  other  oral  testimony  that  he  has  been  naturalized.  The 
judges  may  likewise  examine  him  on  oath  if  his  record  of  naturali- 
zation is  objected  to  as  not  authentic— Code,  Sees.  1274-1276. 

Any  person  qualified  to  vote  under  existing  laws  at  the  date 
■of  his  application,  or  who  may  become  qualified  by  reason  of  his 
arriving  at  the  age  of  twenty-one  years  by  the  date  of  the  elec- 
tion for  which  the  registration  is  had,  or  who  will  be  qualified  by 
reason  of  having  resided  in  the  State  for  twelve  months  and 
county  six  months  by  the  date  of  said  election  shall  be  entitled 
to  be  registered  as  a  voter.— ^c/5  1890,  Ch.  25. 

As  an  additional  qualification  every  person  in  this  State  who 
is  otherwise  a  qualified  voter  shall,  as  a  condition  precedent 
to  the  exercise  of  voting,  furnish  to  the  judges  satisfactory  evi- 
dence that  he  has  paid  his  poll  tax,  if  any  assessed  against  him, 
for  the  year  next  preceding  the  election,  without  which  his  vote 
shall  not  he  receiyed.- Code,  Sees.  1220-1225. 

A  person  arriving  at  the  age  of  twenty-one  years  after  the 
"'0+h  day  of  January  on  the  year  next  preceding  the  election  is 
?"  t  roquired  to  have  paid  his  poll  tax  in  order  to  vote  in  such 


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election.  A  person  who  reaches  fifty  years  of  age  before  the 
10th  day  of  January  of  the  year  next  preceding  the  election  is 
not  required  to  furnish  satisfactory  evidence  of  the  payment 
of  poll  tax  for  that  year  in  order  to  vote  at  such  elections ;  other- 
wise he  must  do  so. 

Satisfactory  evidence  that  a  voter  has  paid  his  poll  tax  shall 
consist  of  the  original  poll  tax  receipt  or  a  duly  certified  duplicate 
and  copy  of  the  same,  properly  certified  by  the  Trustee,  or  an 
affidavit  that  he  has  paid  his  poll  tax  and  that  the  receipt  for  the 
same  is  lost  or  misplaced,  which  affidavit  shall  be  filed  with  the 
judges  of  election,  or  his  name  shall  appear  upon  the  certified 
list  of  voters  furnished  by  the  Trustee,  as  provided  in  Chapter 
402,  Acts  1899.-^c^5  1891,  Cli.  222;  Acts  1899,  Ch.  402. 

A  voter  making  affidavit  as  to  the  loss  of  his  poll  tax  receipt 
shall  subscribe  to  the  following  oath : 

State  of  Tennessee, 
County, 

I, ,  of  precinct  (or  ward)  No. ,  in  said 

county  of ,  State  aforesaid,  do  solemnly  swear 

(or  affirm)  that  I  paid  my  poll  tax  on  or  about  the day  of 

,    190—,   to   one ,   the   County   Trustee   of 

county,  for  the  year  —  and  took  his  receipt  therefor, 

and  that  the  same  has  been  unintentionally  lost  or  mislaid. 

(Signed)  

Code,  Sec.  1222. 

LIST   OF   VOTERS. 

"When  the  officer  receives  the  ballot  he  shall  call  the  name 
of  the  voter  in  a  distinct  voice,  and  the  clerks  of  the  election 
shall  take  down  on  separate  lists  or  books  the  name  of  every 
person  voting,  and  shall  attest  the  correctness  of  them  under 
their  hands. 

LIST    OF    VOTERS    WHO    HAVE    PAID    THEIR   POLL    TAXES    TO    BE    FUR- 
NISHED BY  TRUSTEE. 

Thirty  days  before  any  general  election  the  Trustee  shall 
furnish  to  the  Chairman  of  the  Board  of  Election  Commissioners 
a  certified  list  of  the  voters  in  each  voting  precinct  of  the  county 
who  have  paid  their  poll  tax.  This  list  shall  be  furnished  by 
the  Chairman  of  the  Election  Commissioners  to  the  judges  hold- 
ing the  election  on  or  before  the  opening  of  the  polls  on  election 


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day,  and  by  them  returned  to  the  said  Chairman,  who  shall 
deliver  same,  together  with  the  poll  sheets  of  the  respective  dis- 
tricts, to  the  County  Court  Clerk,  which  shall  be  preserved  by 
said  clerk  for  two  years.— Acfs  1899,  Ch.  402. 

COUNTING     THE    VOTES. 

The  officer  and  judges  appointed  to  hold  an  election  shall 
not  proceed  to  or  commence  counting  the  votes  given  in  an 
election  until  the  polls  shall  have  been  closed.— Cocie,  Sec.  1278. 

AVlien  the  election  is  finished  the  returning  officer  and  judges, 
in  the  presence  of  such  of  the  electors  as  may  choose  to  attend, 
shall  open  the  box  and  read  aloud  the  names  of  the  persons  which 
shall  appear  on  each  ballot,  and  the  clerks  at  the  same  time- 
shall  number  the  ballots,  each  clerk  separately.— CocZe^  Sec.  1279. 

POLICE. 

The  inspectors  have  authority  to  maintain  regularity  and 
order  in  the  balloting,  to  keep  access  to  the  polls  free  and 
unobstructed,  to  prevent  all  disorderly  and  riotous  conduct  dur- 
ing the  election  and  during  the  counting  of  the  votes  after  the 
polls  are  closed,  and  for  this  purpose  they  are  invested  with 
all  the  powers  of  a  peace  officer.— CofZe,  Sec.  1281. 

HOURS. 

In  all  State  and  county  elections  the  polls  shall  be  opened 
at  9  a.  m.  and  closed  at  4  p.  m.  —  Code,  Sec.  1282. 

DUTIES  OF  OFFICERS  HOI^DIXG  THE  ELECTION. 

The  officers  in  each  county  whose  duty  it  is  to  hold  the  elec- 
tion and  appoint  polling  places  therein  as  herein  provided  for, 
shall  cause  the  same  to  be  suitably  provided  with  a  sufficient 
number  of  voting  shelves  or  tables  at  or  on  which  voters  may 
conveniently  mark  their  ballots.  The  number  of  such  voting 
shelves,  tables  or  compartments  shall  not  be  less  than  three  for 
every  one  hundred  voters  qualified' to  vote  at  such  polling  places. 
No  persons  other  than  the  election  officers  and  voters  admitted 
as  hereinafter  provided  shall  be  permitted  within  said  rail  or 
room  where  the  election  is  held,  except  by  authority  of  the  officer 
holding  the  election  for  the  purpose  of  keeping  order  and  enforc- 
ing the  law.     Each  voting  shelf  or  compartment  shall  be  kept 


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provided  with  the  proper  supplies  and  conveniences  for  marking 
the  ballots.— Code,  Sec.  1245. 

No  person  shall  be  allowed  in  the  room  in  which  said  ballot 
box  and  compartments  are  except  the  officers  of  election  and 
those  appointed  by  the  officer  holding  the  election,  and  none 
i'lhers,  to  secui^e  the  observance  of  the  provisions  of  this  article. 
In  the  case  of  cities  having  duly  enrolled  policemen  or  police 
officers,  the  city  authorities  may  designate  the  officers  to  keep 
the  peace  at  the  polls  on  the  outside  of  the  room  in  which  is  the 
ballot  box,  and  not  closer  than  ten  feet  to  the  entrance  or  outer 
rail-guard,  if  there  be  such,  leading  to  said  room.  But  in  no 
€vent  shall  said  policemen  or  peace  officers  come  nearer  to  said 
entrance  than  ten  feet  or  enter  the  room  in  which  is  the  ballot 
box,  unless  specifically  requested  to  do  so  by  the  sheriff  or  deputy 
sheriff  holding  the  election;  and  at  any  time  w^hen  requested  to 
do  so  by  said  officer  holding  the  election,  the  said  policeman  or 
policemen  shall  retire  from  the  room  in  which  i's  the  ballot  box, 
and  to  a  point  not  n(  nre?*  iViSii  ten  feet  to  the  aforesaid  eniraiic-^ 
or  rail  guard.— CotZe,  Sec.  1252. 

THE  POLL  BOOKS. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  officer  holding  the  election  to 
or  lists  of  th  enanies  of  voters,  kept  by  the  respective  clerks; 
and  'said  judges,  or  a  majority  of  them,  shall  certify  that  the 
same  do  contain  a  true  list  of  the  voters  at  the  respective  places 
of  holding  elections,  which  certificates  shall  be  attested  by  the 
clerk  and  officer,  or  person  holding  the  election.— Code,  Sec.  1287. 
box,  unlese  'specally  requested  to  do  so  by  the  sheriff'  or  deputy. 

It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons,  except  the 
officers  holding  the  election,  to  approach  nearer  to  any  voter 
or  to  any  ballot  box  than  thirty  feet,  w^hen  the  said  voter  is 
in  the  act  of  casting  his  ballot  or  offering  or  proposing  to 
exerci'se  the  elective  frajichise.  The  judges  and  officers  of 
any  and  all  legal  elections  are  hereby  authorized  and  empowered 
to  construct  a  railing  or  double  gangw^ay  through  which  voters 
may  approach  the  ballot  box  and  retire  therefrom;  Provided, 
that  this  shall  onl  yapply  to  counties  o  fthirty  thousand  inhabit- 
ants or  over,  under  the  Federal  Census  of  1900,  or  any  subsequent 
Federal  Census.— Acts  1901,  Ch.  142. 

Any  voter  who  declares  to  the  officer  holding  the  election 


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that  by  reason  of  blindness  or  other  physical  disability  he  is 
unable  to  mark  his  ballot,  shall,  upon  request,  receive  the  assist- 
ance of  the  officer  holding  the  election  in  the  marking  thereof, 
and  such  officer  shall  certify  on  the  outside  that  it  was  so  marked 
with  his  assistance,  and  shall  give  no  information  in  regard  to 
the  same.— Code,  Sec.  1254. 

JUDGES      AND      ATTORNEYS      GENERAL      AND      REPRESENTATIVES      IN 

CONGRESS. 

Within  five  days  of  an  election  the  said  Commissioners  shall 
make  out  triplicate  returns  of  the  number  of  votes  received  by 
each  candidate  for  Judge  and  Attorney  for  the  State  and  Repre- 
sentatives in  Congress,  and  forward  one  copy  by  mail  to  the 
Secretary  of  State,  another  copy  by  a  different  mail  to  the  Gov- 
ernor, and  deposit  the  third  copy  in  the  office  of  the  County 
Court  Clerk.- Ood^e,  Sees.  1152,  1299;  Acts  1897,  Cli.  16. 

governor's  ELECTION. 

The  Commissioners  of  Registration  and  Election  Commission- 
ers of  the  several  counties  shall  make  out  triplicate  returns 
of  the  votes  cast  in  each  county  for  Governor,  one  copy  to  be 
directed  to  the  Speaker  of  the  Senate  and  transmitted  by  mail, 
one  copy,  similarly  directed,  to  be  delivered  to  the  Senator  or 
Representative  of  his  district,  the  third  to  be  deposited  in  the 
office  of  the  County  Court  Clerk.— CocZe,  Sec.  1303;  Acts  1897, 
Ch.  16. 

GENERAL  ASSEMBLY— ELECTION  OF. 

In  counties  which  singly  elect  one  or  more  Representatives, 
the  poll  shall  be  compared  at  the  court  house  in  each  county; 
and  in  all  Senatorial  and  Representative  districts  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  Commissioners  of  Registration  in  each  county,  within 
ten  days  after  said  election,  to  certify  and  forward  to  the  Secre- 
tary of  State  one  copy,  or  set,  of  the  poll  hook^.— Code,  Sec.  1284; 
Acts  1897,  Ch.  16. 

CERTIFICATE  OF  ELECTION. 

The  certificate  of  election  in  Senatorial  or  Floterial  districts 
is  issued  by  the  Governor ;  in  counties  singly  electing  a  Represen- 
tative it  is  issued  to  the  person  receiving  the  highest  vote  by  the 
Commissioners  of  Registration,  who  shall  make  out  and  transmit 
immediately  to  the  Secretary  of  State  a  statement  of  the  vote.— 
Code,  Sees.  1280-1298 ;  Acts  1897,  Ch.  16. 


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RETURNS  — WHEN    MADE. 

In  all  cases  when  the  persons,  elected  by  a  single  county 
or  fraction  of  a  county,  are  commissioned  by  the  GoTcrnor 
the  Commissioners  of  Registration  of  such  county  shall  make 
return  of  such  election  to  the  Secretary  of  State  by  mail,  to 
be  deposited  in  the  postoffice  within  three  days  after  comparing 
the  polls.  In  all  other  cases  of  persons  elected  by  the  vote  of  a 
single  county  or  district  thereof,  the  said  Commissioners  shall 
make  return  of  the  election  to  the  tribunal  before  whom  the 
officer  is  required  to  qualify.— Co(ie,  Sees.  1295-1297. 

RETURNS  — HOW     MADE. 

Returns  of  election  shall  be  sealed  up  and  directed  to  the 
officer  to  whom  the  return  is  to  be  made,  and  when  required 
to  be  sent,  by  mail  shall  be  deposited  in  the  postoffice  and  the 
receipt  of  the  postmaster  taken  iheveior.—Code,  Sec.  1306. 

ELECTORS  FOR  PRESIDENT  AND  VICE  PRESIDENT. 

Commissioners  of  Registration  shall  advertise  at  the  court 
house  in  every  county,  and  in  every  civil  district  of  the  county, 
the  day  on  which  the  election  of  electors  shall  take  place,  at  least 
sixty  days  before  the  time  of  holding  it— Code,  Sec.  1353;  Acts 
1897,  Ch.  16. 

The  Commissioners  of  Registration  aforesaid  shall  all  meet 
at  the  court  house  of  their  county  on  the  day  immediately  suc- 
ceeding said  election,  and  compare  the  votes  polled  for  electors. 

They  shall  make  out  triplicate  statements  of  the  number 
of  votes  received  by  each  person  voted  for  as  elector,  and  regu- 
larly certify  the  same.  They  shall  deposit  one  of  said  state- 
ments in  the  office  of  the  Clerk  of  the  County  Court,  taking 
his  receipt  therefor;  another  in  the  postoffice  at  the  court  house 
of  the  county,  directed  to  the  Governor  and  Secretary  of  State, 
and  direct  the  other  in  the  same  way  by  the  next  mail,  ai;id  take 
the  postmaster's  receipt  for  the  same;  or  said  Commissioners 
may  in  person  deliver  said  statement  to  the  Governor  and  Secre- 
tary of  State.— Code,  Sees.  1358-1360;  Acts  1897,  Ch.  16. 

MEMBERS  OP  CONGRESS— RETURNS,  HOW  MADE. 

On  the  day  succeeding  an  election  for  members  of  Congress, 
the  Commissioners  of.  Registration  and  Election  Commissioners 
in  each  county  shall  make  out  triplicate  returns  of  the  number 


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of  votes  for  each  candidate,  one  of  which  they  shall  retain, 
and  the  other  two  shall  be  sent,  in  different  mails,  immediately 
thereafter,  to  the  Governor.  — Cof/f,  Sec.  1371;  Ads  1897,  Ch.  16. 

SCHOOL    DIRECTORS. 

The  Commissioners  of  Registration  and  Election  Commission- 
ers holding-  an  election  for  School  Directors  shall  certify  the 
result  to  the  County  Superintendent  and  to  the  County  Court 
Clerk,  and  shall  give  notice  of  the  same  to  the  Directors  elected. 
-Code,  Sec.   1420. 

CASTING    VOTE. 

In  case  of  a  tie  vote  between  pei-sons  having  the  highest  num- 
ber of  votes  for  an  office  filled  by  the  vote  of  a  single  county, 
the  Commissioners  of  Registration  shall  give  the  casting  vote.— 
Code,  Sec.  1292. 

In  case  of  a  tie  vote  in  an  election  in  a  civil  district  the 
election  is  void,  and  the  Coinmissioners  of  Registration  shall 
advertise  and  hold  a  new  election.— CofZc,  Sec.  1293. 

EXTRAORDINARY  ELECTIONS. 

MUNICIPALITIES. 

For  method  of  holding  election  to  establish  a  new  municipality 
see  Code  Sees.  1881-1898.  See  also  special  form  of  municipal 
government  provided  by  Acts  1901,  CJi.  6-1. 

For  methcd  of  electing  officers  of  same,  see  Code,  Sees.  1948- 
1352. 

NEW   BRIDGES. 

For  regulations  for  holding  an  election  to  establish  a  new 
bridge,  see  Code,  Sec.  1716. 

ROAD    LVll'KOVEMENT. 

For  regulations  for  holding  an  election  to  impi-ove  county 
roads,  ^ee  Code,  Sees.  1689-1691. 

NEW     RAILROADS  — COUNTY      AND      MUNICIPAL      SUBSCRIPTION      FOR 

STOCK  IN. 

The  election  shall  be  advertised  at  least  thirty  days  before- 
hand, by  notices  posted  up  at  the  different  places  of  voting, 
specifying  the  time  when  it  is  to  be  held,  for  what  road,  the 


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amount  of  stock  proposed  to  be  taken,  and  when  payable.— Code, 
Sees.  1543-1564. 

The  Commissioners  of  Registration  shall  open  and  hold  an 
election  at  every  voting  place  established  by  law  in  such  county, 
city,  or  town,  and  their  certificate  of  the  result  of  said  election 
to  the  County  Court,  or  other  proper  authorities  of  such  city 
or  town  shall  name  in  writing  every  legally  established  voting 
place  at  which  an  election  was  opened  and  held,  and  every  one 
at  which  such  election  was  not  ]iQ\di.— Code,  Sees.  1544-1565. 

If  the  election  was  not  held  at  every  voting  place^  it  shall 
be  void,  unless  the  officers  holding  the  election,  or  deputy,  was 
present  at  said  precinct  and  was  unable  to  hold  the  election  for 
want  of  judges  and  clerks  sufficient  to  hold  \i.  —  Code,  Sees.  1545- 
1565. 

LEGALIZED  PRIMARY  ELECTION  LAAV. 

A  primary  election  is  an  election  held  within  the  State,  county, 
city,  district  or  sub-division  thereof,  as  the  case  may  be,  by 
the  members  of  any  political  party,  or  by  the  voters  of  some 
political  faith  for  the  purpo'se  of  nominating  a  candidate  or 
candidates  for  office.  Such  primary  elections  shall  be  held  and 
conducted  in  the  same  way  as  regular  State  elections,  except  as 
herein  excepted.  Whenever  the  committee  or  governing  authori- 
ties of  any  political  party  desire  to  hold  a  primary  election  under 
the  provisions  of  this  law,  they  shall,  at  least  thirty  days  prior 
to  such  primary  election  give  public  notice  thereof  by  posting 
such  notice  at  the  court  house  door  and  at  one  or  more  public 
places  in  each  ward  or  district  in  the  county  in  which  such 
election  is  to  be  held,  or  by  publication  in  a  newspaper,  if 
there  be  one  published  in  said  district  or  county,  once  a  week 
for  at  least  two  weeks  prior  to  said  primary.  Such  notice 
shall  state  the  date  of  such  proposed  primary  election,  the  hours; 
between  which  it  will  be  held,  the  offices  for  which  candidates 
are  tc  be  nominated,  and  the  places  at  which  polls  are  to  be  opened 
for  holding  such  election.  All  legal  voters  shall  have  the  right 
to  participate  in  such  primary  election,  subject  to  such  addi- 
tional qualifications  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  committee  or 
governing  authority.  In  all  counties,  districts,  wards  or  precincts 
all  legal  electors  or  persons  who  will  be  legal  electors  at  the 


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regular  election  at  which  the  candidate  is  to  be  voted  for,  shall 
have  the  right  to  vote  at  any  primary  election  held  by  any 
political  party  if  they  conform  to  the  requirements  prescribed 
by  the  committee  or  governing  authority  of  the  political  party 
holding  such  primary,  by  applying  at  the  polls  at  the  precincts 
in  Vv'hich  they  reside  and  making  known  the  faet  that  they  will 
conform  to  such  conditions  and  qualifications  as  have  been  so 
prescribed.  In  case  the  officers  of  such  primary  election  be  in 
doubt  as  to  the  right  of  any  person  to  vote,  such  person  shall 
be  sworn  by  the  judges  of  election  and  examined  as  to  such  right. 
Any  bystander  may  also  challenge  the  right  of  any  person  to 
vote,  and  in  all  such  cases  such  person  so  challenged  shall  be 
sworn  and  examined  as  hereinbefore  set  forth.  The  same  number 
of  officers  shall  hold  a  primary  election  under  the  provisions 
hereof  as  are  required  and  designated  by  law  to  hold  regular 
State  elections,  and  their  duties  and  responsibilities  shall  be  pre- 
cisely the  same  as' the  regularly  qualified  officers  of  State  elec- 
tions. They  shall  be  appointed  by  the  regularly  organized 
and  constituted  committee  or  governing  authority  of  the  political 
party  holding  such  primary  election  and  shall  as  a  preliminary 
to  the  discharge  of  their  duties  take  the  same  oath  required 
to  be  taken  by  officers  of  regular  State  elections.  The  officers 
in  each  primary  election,  precinct,  ward,  or  district  shall  be 
selected  from  lists  furnished  by  the  ward  or  district  committee- 
men at  least  ten  days  before  such  primary  election,  and  shall 
be  as  nearly  equally  divided  as  possible  as  to  judges,  clerks  and 
officers  among  the  various  candidates. 

The  officers  of  all  primary  elections  held  under  the  provisions 
hereof  shall  have  the  same  power  and  privileges  as  officers  of 
regular  State  elections,  and  shall  be  subject  to  the  same  restric- 
tions, limitations  and  conditions.  Any  act  which  would  be  an 
offense  against  the  regular  State  election  laws  will  <jonstitute 
an  offense  against  the  primary  election  laws,  and  shall  be 
punished  in  the  same  manner  as  is  prescribed  by  general  law. 
Any  person  desiring  to  submit  his  name  to  the  voters  in  a 
primary  election  shall,  not  later  than  fifteen  days  next  preceding 
the  holding  of  such  primary  election,  apprise  the  committee 
or  gov^mingt  authority  of  the  political  party  holding  such 
primary  of  the  fact  that  he  is  a  candidate,  and  upon  complying 
with  the  conditions  prescribed  by  the  committee  or  governing 


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authority  for  the  regulation  of  candidates  shall  be  declared 
to  be  a  candidate  by  the  committee  or  governing  authority  of 
such  political  party ;  any  person  failing  to  give  such  notice  to  the 
proper  authorities  or  who  fails  to  comply  with  the  conditions 
prescribed  for  the  government  of  candidates  shall  not  have 
his  name  printed  on  the  ballots  used  in  said  primary  elections; 
but  any  person  desiring  to  vote  for  another  than  the  persons 
whose  names  are  printed  on  such  ballots  shall  have  the  right 
to'  do  so  by  writing  the  name  of  the  person  for  whom  he  desires 
to  vote  in  the  space  on  the  ballot  set  apart  for  the  names  of 
the  candidates  for  such  office  as  he  may  desire  such  person  so 
voted  for  to  hold. 

The  election  returns  in  all  primary  elections  shall  be  deposited 
with  the  committee  or  governing  authority  of'  the  political 
party  under  whose  direction  and  control  such  primary  election 
is  held  within  the  "same  time  as  is  provided  by  law  in  the  case 
of  State  elections  and  in  the  same  manner,  and  at  such  place 
as  the  committee  or  governing  authority  shall  designate.  Any 
person  changing  or  in  any  wdse  altering  such  election  returns 
shall  be  subject  to  the  same  punishment  as  is  prescribed  for 
persons  violating  the  regular  State  election  laws. 

The  constituted  committee  or  governing  authority  of  a  politi- 
cal party  holding  such  primary  election  is  authorized  to  count 
the  votes  in  such  primary  election  and  to  declare  the  candidate 
receiving  the  highest  number  of  votes  the  nominee  of  such 
political  party  for  the  office  for  which  he  was  a  candidate.  In 
cases  of  a  tie  vote  or  contest  the  committee  or  governing  authori- 
ty are  empowered  to  hear  and  determine  such  contests  and  decide 
who  shall  be  entitled  to  the  nomination.  In  case  there  are 
more  than  two  candidates  seeking  the  nomination  in  such  pri- 
mary and  no  one  candidate  receives  a  majority  of  the  vote  cast 
at  said  primary  election,  then  the  committee  or  governing  author- 
ity of  the  political  party  holding  the  election  can,  if  it  sees  fit, 
order  for  the  two  candidates  receiving  the  highest  number 
of  votes  a  run  off  to  determine  the  party  candidate,  for  the 
said  office ;  Provided,  however,  if  this  section  of  the  law  is  to  be 
taken  advantage  of  it  must  be  made  known  when  the  primary 
•election  is  called.  The  proper  proceedings  in  such  cases  shall 
be  determined  by  the  committee  or  governing  authority.  Before 
entering  upon  the  discharge  of  their  duty  as  set  forth  in  this 
Act,  the  committee  or  governing  authority  shall  be  sworn  by 


20  ELECTIONS. 

some  officer  authorized  by  law  to  administer  an  oath  to  faithfully 
and  honestly  discharge  the  duties  herein  imposed,  and  the  failure 
on  the  part  of  any  member  of  the  committee  or  governing  authori- 
ty to  so  discharge  their  duty  shall  be  deemed  a  misdemeanor, 
punishable  upon  indictment  and  conviction  in  the  Circuit  or 
Criminal  Court  in  the  county  or  district  by  a  fine  of  not  less 
than  one  hundred  dollars  nor  more  than  five  hundred  dollars  and 
imprisonment  in  the  county  jail  not  less  than  sixty  days  nor  more 
than  one  year. 

All  expenses  for  holding  such  primary  election  shall  be 
borne  by  the  political  party  conducting  the  same.  The  ballots 
used  in  such  primary  election  shall  be  printed  by  order  of  the 
committee  or  governing  authority  having  direction  and  control 
of  such  primarief  under  the  same  restrictions  and  limitations 
as  is  provided  by  general  law  for  the  printing  of  ballots  used 
in  regular  State  elections.  This  Act  shall  apply  to  all  primary 
elections  held  for  the  purpo'se  of  nominating  candidates  for 
State,  county,  district,  or  municipal  offices  hereafter  held  in 
this  State. 

Each  of  the  candidates  voted  for  at  any  election  held  under 
the  provisions  of  this  Act  shall  be  entitled  to  an  inspector  of 
count,  and  for  that  purpose  may  appoint  in  writing  such  inspector 
to  be  present  and  witness  the  casting  and  count  of  the  ballots 
in  said  election,  and  said  inspector  shall  have  free  access  to 
the  polling  places  during  the  progress  of  said  election ;  Provided, 
if  there  be  more  than  five  and  less  than  ten  candidates,  any  two 
of  said  candidates  shall  jointly  appoint  one  inspector,  and  for 
all  over  twenty,  then  any  five  of  said  candidates  shall  jointly 
appoint  said  inspector.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  judges 
on  the  close  of  the  polls  to  admit  to  the  count  of  the  vote  as 
inspector  any  person  as  herein  provided.  Any  person  presenting 
to  the  judges  of  said  election  an  appointment  in  writing  of  any 
candidate  or  candidates  at  the  close  of  the  polls  as  aforesaid, 
shall  be  permitted  to  be  present  to  witness  the  count  of  the 
ballots,  and  any  officer  of  election  who  shall  prevent  such 
authorized  inspector  from  being  present  at  the  count  of  the 
ballot  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  punishable  by  a  fine 
of  not  less  than  one  hundred  nor  more  than  five  hundred  dollars. 

The  constituted  authority  of  the  political  party  holding  such 
election  shall  designate  in  the  public  notice  required  to  be  given 


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of  said  election  the  hours  between  which  such  election  shall  be 
held;  Provided,  no  election  shall  be  held  before  the  hour  of  7  a. 
m.,  and  not  later  than  9  p.  m. 

A  poll  tax  receipt  is  not  a  necessary  prerequisite  to  entitle  a 
citizen  to  vote  in  such  primary  election. 

The  provisions  of  the  general  law  requiring  saloons  to  be 
closed  during  the  day  of  election  shall  only  apply  during  the 
hours  of  said  primary  election. — Acts  1901,  Cli.  39. 

AMENDMENT  OF  1901  PRIMARY  ELECTION  LAW. 

Senate  Bill  No.  470. 

A  BILL  to  be  entitled  an  Act  to  amend  an  Act  entitled,  "An 
Act  to  legalize  and  regulate  primary  elections,"  passed  April 
11,  1901,  and  approved  April  17,  1901,  being  Chapter  39  of 

the  Acts  of  1901. 

• 

Section  1.  Be  it  enacted  hy  the  General  Assembly  of  the 
State  of  Tennessee,  That  said  Act  be  amended  by  striking  out 
Section  11  of  said  Act  and  inserting  in  lieu  thereof  the  following : 

That  all  expenses  for  holding  such  primary  election  shall 
be  borne  by  the  political  *  party  holding  same,  and  the  cost  of 
publishing  and  circulating  notices  of  elections,  and  all  other 
expenses,  including  all  expenses  incurred  by  reason  of  any  sup- 
plemental registration  that  may  be  ordered,  shall  be  defrayed 
in  such  manner  as  may  be  provided  by  the  committee,  or  govern- 
ing authority  of  the  political  party  holding  such  primaries.  The 
ballots  used  in  such  primary  election  shall  be  printed  by  order 
of  the  committee  or  governing  authority  having  direction  and 
control  of  such  primaries,  under  the  same  restrictions  and  limita- 
tions as  is  provided  by  general  law  for  the  printing  of  ballots 
used  in  regular  State  elections.— (7/i.  39,  Acts  1903. 

ACT  CREATING  STATE  BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS. 

Section  1.  Be  it  enacted  hy  the  General  Assembly  of  the 
State  of  Tennessee,  That  there  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Governor 
and  confirmed  by  the  Senate  a  Board  of  three  persons,  to  be 
known  as  the  ''State  Board  of  Elections,"  which  shall  have  and 
exercise  all  powers  now  conferred  upon  the  Governor  to  appoint 
Commissioners  of  Elections  and  Registration. 


22  ELECTIONS. 

Sec.  2.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  not  more  than  two 
of  the  three  members  of  the  State  Board  of  Elections  shall  be 
of  the  same  political  party  and  that  both  the  representatives  of 
the  majority  and  minority  parties  shall  be  bona  fide  members 
of  the  party  they  are  appointed  to  represent,  and  any  two  mem- 
bers of  said  Board  shall  constitute  a  quorum  for  the  transaction 
of  business. 

Sec.  3.  Be  it  further  euacted,  That  the  members  of  the  first 
State  Board  of  Elections  'shall  be  appointed  as  soon  after  the 
passage  of  this  law  as  practicable,  and  on  the  first  Monday  in 
March  every  two  years  thereafter. 

Sec.  4.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  members  of  said 
State  Board  of  Elections  first  appointed  shall  hold  office  until 
the  first  Monday  in  March,  1909,  and  thereafter  the  members 
of  said  State  Board  of  Elections  shall  hold  office  for  two  years, 
and  until  their  successors  are  appointed,  and  all  vacanci'^s  shall 
be  filled  as  in  the  first  instance,  except  vacancies  occurring  whi ;  i 
the  Legislature  is  not  in  session,  when  the  appointment  shall  be 
made  by  the  Governor  to  hold  until  the  convening  of  the  Leg- 
islature. 

Sec.  5.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  members  of  said 
State  Board  of  Elections  shall  receive  as  compensation  three 
hundred  dollars  ($300)  per  annum  each,  payable  quarterly,  and 
the  members  of  said  State  Board  of  Elections  shall  take  and  sub- 
scribe to  an  oath  before  any  State  officer  authorized  to  admin- 
ister oaths  to  discharge  faithfully  and  honestly  the  duties  of 
their  office,  which  oaths  so  taken  and  subscribed  shall  be  filed 
in  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of  State,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  members  of  said  State  Board  of  Elections  to  qualify  within 
ten  days  after  their  appointment  and  organize  by  the  selection 
of  one  of  their  number  as  President  and  another  of  their  number 
as  Secretary;  and  the  failure  on  the  part  of  any  member  of  said 
State  Board  of  Elections  to  qualify  as  above  provided  shall  in 
all  cases  vacate  the  appointment  of  such  member. 

Sec.  6.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  said  State  Board 
of  Elections  shall  be  allowed  the  sum  of  two  hundred  and  fifty 
dollars  ($250)  per  annum  for  stationery,  postage,  and  expenses 
incidental  to  the  conducting  of  the  business  of  said  Board,  which 
shall  be  payable  upon  voucher  or  vouchers  signed  by  the  Secre- 
tary and  countersigned  by  the  President  of  the  State  Board  of 
Elections. 


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Sec.  7.  Be  it  further  enacted.  That  all  meetings  of  said 
State  Board  of  Elections  shall  be  held  at  the  State  Capitol,  in 
Nashville,  in  such  room  as  may  be  provided  for  their  use  by  the 
Superintendent  of  the  Capitol,  and  that  no  meeting  except  for 
organization  and  an  adjourned  meeting  for  the  appointment 
of  Commissioners  of  Election  shall  be  held  except  upon  five 
days'  written  notice  to  each  member  of  said  State  Board  of 
Elections ;  but  meetings  may  be  called  at  any  time  by  the  Presi- 
dent or  by  any  two  members;  Provided,  a  requisite  notice  as 
hereinbefore  required  shall  be  given. 

Sec.  8.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  said  State  Board  of 
Elections  shall  select  and  appoint  on  the  second  Monday  in  May, 
1907,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  practicable,  and  on  the  second  Mon- 
day in  May  every  two  years  thereafter  three  Commissioners  of 
Election  for  each  county  in  the  State;  Provided,  that  not  more 
than  two  of  said  Commis'sioners  shall  be  of  the  same  political 
party ;  and.  Provided,  further,  that  the  State  Board '  of  Elec- 
tions shall  have  the  power  to  remove  any  Commissioner  of 
Election  for  cause  or  failure  to  perform  his  duties;  and  said 
State  Board  of  Elections  shall  likewise  fill  by  appointment  al] 
vacancies  occurring  in  the  County  Board  of  Commissioners  of 
Election. 

Sec.  9.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  said  State  Board  of 
Elections  shall  issue  commissions  of  appointment  to  the  various 
Commissioners  of  Election,  which  commissions  shall  be  signed  by 
the  President  and  countersigned  by  the  Secretary  of  said  State 
Board  of  Elections,  and  a  record  be  kept  by  said  State  Board  of 
Elections  of  all  commissions  so  issued,  with  the  full  names  of 
said  Commissioners  of  Election,  their  postoffice  addresses,  the 
name  of  the  Chairmen  and  Secretaries  of  said  Commissioners 
on  each  county,  the  dates  of  their  appointment,  and  their  politi- 
cal affiliation,  and  the  records  of  all  vacancies;  and  the  oaths 
subscribed  by  said  Commis'sioners  of  Election  shall  likewise 
be  kept  in  the  records  of  said  State  Board  of  Elections. 

Sec.  10.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  said  State  Board  of 
Elections  shall  cause  to  be  compiled  and  kept  among  their  records 
a  complete  list  of  all  counties,  towns,  cities,  and  civil  districts 
within  the  State  which  are  now  or  may  hereafter  be  under  the 
State  laws  pertaining  to  the  registration  of  voters,  and  of  all 
counties,  towns,  cities,  and  civil  districts  where  the  uniform 
Australian  ballot  is  now  or  may  hereafter  by  law  be  in  use  in 


24  ELECTIONS. 

the  State,  and  also  shall  cause  to  be  compiled  a  list  of  all  counties 
towns,  cities,  and  civil  districts  where  the  three-by-seven  ballot 
is  now  or  may  hereafter  be  in  use  under  the  law. 

Sec.  11.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  all  laws  or  parts  of 
laws  in  conflict  herewith  are  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  12.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  this  Act  take  effect  from 
and  after  its  passage,  the  public  welfare  requiring  it. 

Ch.  435,  Acts  1907. 

ACT  CREATING  COMMISSIONERS  OF  ELECTIONS. 

Section  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the 
State  of  Tennessee,  That  for  and  in  each  and  every  county  in 
the  State  there  shall  be  appointed  by  the  State  Board  of  Elec- 
tions a  board  of  three  persons,  to  be  known  as  ' '  CoDimissioners  of 
Elections." 

Sec. '2.  Be  it  further  enacted.  That  all  the  three  Commis- 
sioners shall  be  qualified  voters  of  the  county  for  which  they  are 
appointed  and  men  of  approved  character,  and  shall  have  been 
residents  of  the  county  for  wiiich  they  are.  appointed  for  at 
least  five  years  before  their  appointment. 

Sec.  3.  Be  it  further  enacted.  That  not  more  than  two  of 
the  three  Commissioners  constituting-  the  Board  shall  be  of  the 
same  political  party;  Provided,  however,  that  any  two  of  said 
Commissioners  shall  constitute  a  quorum  for  the  transaction  of 
business. 

Sec.  4.  Be  it  further  enacted.  That  the  said  Commissioners 
of  Elections  shall  be  appointed  on  the  second  Monday  in  May, 
1907,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  practicable,  and  on  the  second 
Monday  in  May  every  two  years  thereafter. 

Sec.  5.  Be  it  further  enacted.  That  said  Commissioners  shall 
hold  their  office  for  a  term'of  two  years,  and,  until  their  successors 
are  appointed,  and  any  vacancy  shall  b<j  filled  by  the  State  Board 
of  Elections  by  appointment. 

Sec.  6.  Be  it  further  enacted.  That  said  Commissioners  of 
Elections  shall  serve  without  compensation;  Provided,  however, 
that  the  County  Court  of  each  county  shall  have  the  right  to 
appropriate  out  of  the  county  revenue  such  amount,  if  any,  as  ii; 
deems  said  Commissioners  of  Elections  are  entitled  to. 

Sec.  7.     Be  it  further  enacted.  That  before  entering  upon 


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the  duties  of  their  office  said  Commissioners  of  Elections  shall 
take  and  subscribe  to  an  oath  before  any  officer  authorized  to 
administer  oaths  in  the  county  for  which  said  Commissioners  are 
appointed  to  discharge  faithfully  and  honestly  the  duties  of 
their  office;  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  Commis'sioners  of 
Elections  to  qualify  within  twenty  days  after  their  appointment 
and  organize  by  the  selection  of  one  of  their  number  as  Chairman 
and  one  of  their  number  of  Secretary. 

Sec.  8.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  a  failure  on  the  part 
of  any  Commissioner  of  Elections  to  qualify  as  above  provided 
shall  in  all  cases  vacate  the  appointment  of  such  Commissioner, 
-and  that  the  oath  of  the  Commissioner  duly  dated  i^hall  be  filed 
with  the  Secretary  of  the  State  Board  of  Elections  within  twenty 
days  after  their  qualification,  together  with  a  report  of  their 
organization,  the  names  of  the  officers,  and  the  names,  postoffice 
addresses,  etc.,  of  Elections. 

Said  Commissioners  of  Elections  shall  give  prompt  notice  to 
said  State  Board  of  Elections  of  all  vacancies. 

Sec.  9.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of 
said  Commissioners  of  Elections  within  sixty  days  prior  to  any 
election  held  within  the  county  for  which  they  are  appointed, 
and  at  least  ten  days  prior  to  any  such  election,  to  appoint  and 
announce  the  appointment  of  three  Judges,  for  each  and  every 
voting  place  in  their  county  to  superintend  the  election  at  the 
precinct  or  voting  place  for  which  said  Judge  shall  be  appointed ; 
Provided,  however,  that  all  three  of  the  Judges  shall  not  be  of 
the  same  political  party,  if  persons  from  different  political 
parties  are  willing  to  serve,  and  they  shall  be  appointed  from  the 
two  political  parties  most  numerously  represented  in  such  ward, 
district,  or  precinct. 

Sec.  10.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  said  Commissioners  of 
Elections  shall  also  within  sixty  days  «and  at  least  ten  days  prior 
to  any  election  within  the  county  for  which  they  are  appointed 
appoint  and  announce  the  appointment  of  two  Clerks  of  election 
for  each  and  every  voting  place  in  their  county;  Provided, 
that  said  Clerks  shall  be  of  different  political  parties.  If  compe- 
tent persons  of  different  political  parties  are  willing  to  serve, 
they  shall  be  appointed  from  the  two  political  parties  most 
numerously  represented  in  such  ward,  district,  or  precinct. 

Sec.  11.     Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  said  Commissioners 


26  ELECTIONS. 

of  Elections  within  sixty  days  and  at  least  ten  days  prior  to  any 
election  within  the  county  for  which  they  are  appointed  shall 
appoint  and  announce  the  appointment  of  an  officer  of  election 
for  each  voting  place  in  such  county. 

Sec.  12.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  Commissioners  of 
Elections  in  appointing  Judges  and  Clerks  in  all  elections  shall 
give  bona  fide  representation  to  each  of  the  two  parties  most 
numerously  represented  in  the  ward,  district,  or  precinct  for 
which  they  are  appointed. 

Sec.  13.  Be  it  further  enacted.  That  the  Judges,  Clerks 
and  officers  of  election  shall  be  residents  and  citizens  of  the  ward 
or  district  or  precinct  in  which  the  voting  place  for  which  they 
are  appointed  is  situated. 

Sec.  14.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  whenever  for  any  rea- 
son any  Judge  or  Clerk  or  officer  of  election  so  appointed  fails 
to  attend  promptly,  and  by  reason  of  his  absence  at  the  hour  of 
holding  the  election  other  persons  shall  be  selected  to  fill  such 
vacancies  by  a  majority  of  the  election  officers  duly  appointed 
and  attending,  and  the  election  officers  so  elected  to  fill  vacancies 
shall  be  residents  and  citizens  of  the  ward,  district,  or  precinct 
for  which  they  are  appointed,  and  shall  act  only  until  the  regu- 
larly appointed  Judge  or  Clerk  or  officer  of  election  in  whose 
stead  he  was  appointed  appears  and  demands  that  he  be  permitted 
to  serve,  and  the  person  so  elected  to  fill  the  vacancy  shall  cease 
to  act;  and.  Provided,  that  any  such  person  so  elected  to  fill  a 
vacancy  shall  be  of  the  same  political  party  as  the  person  in 
whose  stead  he  is  selected  to  serve. 

Sec.  15.  Be  it  further  enacted.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  officer  holding  the  election  to  deliver  the  polls  or  returns 
of  the  electic-n  sealed  as  received,  together  with  the  ballots  cast 
in  said  election,  to  the  said  Commissioners  of  Elections  not  later 
than  12  o'clock  noon  on  the  first  Monday  after  the  election. 

Sec.  16.  Be  it  further  enacted.  That  on  the  first  Monday 
after  the  election  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Commissioners  of 
Elections  to  file  the  said  polls  and  returns  at  the  court  house  and 
to  certify  in  writing,  signed  by  at  least  two  of  them,  the  result 
as  shown  by  said  polls  or  returns,  and  to  deliver  to  each  person 
elected  a  certificate  of  his  election. 

Sec.  17.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  said  Commissioners 
of  Elections  shall  cause  a  true  copy  of  all  the  poll  books  or 


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poll  lists  used  at  ot  in  any  election  to  be  made  out,  and,  when 
completed,  they  shall  file  the  same  with  the  Clerk  of  the  County 
Court,  to  be  preserved  by  him  as  records  for  a  period  of  four 
years,  and  the  original  poll  books  or  poll  lists  used  at  or  in  any 
election  shall  be  safely,  and  securely  kept  by  the  Commissioners 
of  Elections,  and  without  alteration  shall  be  sealed  and  for- 
warded to  the  Secretary  of  State  at  Nashville,  Tenn.,  within  ten 
days  after  the  election. 

Sec.  18.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  said  Commissioners  of 
Elections  shall  employ  a  Clerk  or  copyist  to  make  out  the  copy 
of  said  poll  books  or  poll  lists  for  the  County  Court  Clerk,  and 
said  Clerk  or  copyist  shall  receive  as  compensation  twenty  cents 
for  every  hundred  names  on  the  poll  list,  which  shall  be  paid 
as  part  of  the  expense  of  the  election  as  Judges  and  Clerks  of 
elections  are  now  paid. 

Sec.  19.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  in  all  and  every  of  the 
counties  of  the  State  within  the  provisions  of  the  registration 
laws  of  ll';^  State  the  Commissioners  of  Elections  shall  perform 
the  duties  of  Commissioners  of  Registration. 

Sec.  20.  Be  it  further  enacted.  That  all  laws  or  parts  of 
laws  in  conflict  herewith  are  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  21.  Be  it  further  enacted.  That  this  Act  take  effect  from 
and  after  its  passage,  the  public  welfare  requiring  it.— Gh.  436, 
Acts  1907. 

AN  ACT  CREATING  ADDITIONAL  REGISTRARS. 

Section  1.  B  eit  enacted  hy  the  General  Assembly  of  the 
State  of  Tennessee,  That  Chapter  25,  of  the  Acts  of  the  extra 
session  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Tennessee  for  the 
year  1890,  being  an  Act  approved  March  13,  1890,  and  entitled 
' '  An  Act  to  provide  for  the  registration  of  voters  in  this  State  in 
counties  having  a  population  of  seventy  thousand  inhabitants  or 
over  that  number,  computed  by  the  Federal  Census  of  1880,  or 
which  may  hereafter  have  that  number  or  over  , computed  by  any 
subsequent  Federal  Census,  and  to  towns,  cities,  or  civil  districtes 
having  a  population  of  twenty-five  thousand  inhabitant's  or  over, 
computed  by  the  Federal  Census  of  1880,  or  which  may  hereafter 
have  that  number  or  over  that  number  by  any  Federal  Census, '^ 
be,  and  the  same  is  hereby,  amended  so  the  following  words  shall 
be  added  to  and  appear  at  the  end  of  Section  3  of  said  original 


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Act— to-wit:  Provic^ed,  furthe7',  that  whenever  two  or  more  Civil 
Di'stricts  have  been  consolidated  into  one  Civil  District  or  the 
parfs  of  one  or  more  Civil  Districts  added  to  another  Civil  Dis- 
trict, or  where  a  Civil  District  lies  partly  within  and  partly 
without  an  incorporated  town,  city,  or  taxing  district,  and  such 
part  thereof  as  is  not  divided  into  wards  may  be  divided  and 
designated  into  as  many  "registration  and  voting  divisions"  of 
Civil  Districts  by  the  Commissioners  of  Registration  a  smay  be 
necessary  for  the  convenience  and  accessibility  of  the  voters  of 
such  Civil  istricts  for  the  registration  and  voting  of  such  voters 
as  re'side  in  said  "registration  and  voting  divisions"  of  Civil 
istricts,  who  shall  be  furnished  books,  stationery,  register  the 
voters  residing  in  said  registration  and  voting  divisions  of  Civil 
Distrcts,  and  do  all  things  provided  by  law  to  be  done  as  regis- 
istrars.  When  the  registration  and  voting  divisions  have  been 
defined,  they  shall  not  be  altered  except  upon  a  petition  sifined  by 
fifty  days'  notice  published  once  a  week  for  four  weeks  in  some 
daily  or  weekly  paper  having  a  general  circulation  in  the  county 
and  also  posted  at  the  court  house  door  for  thirty  days,  setting 
forth  the  proposed  changes. 

Sec.  2.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  this  Act  take  effect  from 
and  after  its  passage,  the  public  welfare  requiring  it.— Ch.  256, 
Acts  1905. 

AN    ACT    LEGALIZING    AND    REGULATING    PRIMARY 

ELECTIONS. 

Section  1.  Be  it  encted  hy  the  General  AsseniMy  of  the 
State  of  Tennessee,  Thas  Section  1,  of  Chapter  39,  of  the  Acts  of 
1901,  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby,  amended  by  adding  to  aforesaid 
section:  and  Ward  Committeemen  and  District  Committeemen; 
Provided,  that  one  poll  list  shall  be  returned  to  County  Court 
Clerk,  the  other  to  the  Chairman  of  the  Governing  Committee. 

Sec.  2.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  this  Ac  ttake  effect  from 
and  after  its  passage,  the  public  welfare  requiring  it.— Ch.  353, 
Acts  1905. 

Gov.  M.  R.  Patterson  appointed  E.  R.  Richardson,  of  David- 
son, and  N.  G.  Robertson,  of  Wilson,  Democrats,  and  T.  A. 
Raht,  of  Coffee,  Republican,  State  Board  of  Elections,  to  'serve 
until  March,  1909,  and  said  appointments  were  confirmed  by 
Senate. 


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E.  R.  Richardson  was  elected  Chairman  and  N.  G.  Robertson 
Secretary. 

TO  PREVENT  CORRUPTION  IN  ELECTIONS. 

Section  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assemhly  of  the 
State  of  Tennessee,  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person, 
either  a  candidate  or  any  other  person,  directly  or  indirectly, 
by  himself  or  through  any  other  person. 

(a)  To  pay,  loan,  or  contribute,  or  offer  or  promise  to  pay, 
loan,  or  contribute  any  money,  property,  or  any  other  valuable 
consideration  or  thing  to  or  for  any  voter,  or  to  or  for  any  other 
person  to  induce  such  voter  or  any  voter  to  vote  or  refrain  from 
voting  in  or  at  any  political  convention,  mass  meeting,  or  mass 
political  convention,  or  assemblage,  primary  or  party  election  or 
any  kind  or  character  held  or  sought  to  be  held  by  the  people  or  a 
part  of  them  or  any  political  party  or  organization  whatever, 
or  to  induce  any  voter  or  voters  to  vote  or  refrain  from  voting  at 
any  such  convention,  mass  meeting,  mass  convention,  or  assem- 
blage, or  primary  or  party  election  for  or  against  any  particular 
person  or  persons,  measure  or  measure's,  or  to  induce  any  voter  or 
other  person  to  attend,  leave,  or  remain  away  from  any  such 
convention,  mass  meeting,  mass  convention,  or  assemblage,  or  tbe 
polls  at  any  such  primary  or  party  election,  or  on  account  of  any 
voter  having  voted  for  or  against  or  refrained  from  voting  for  or 
against  any  particular  person  or  persons,  measure  or  mea'sures,  or 
having  gone  to,  attended,  or  remained  away  from  any  such 
convention,  mass  meetings,  mass  conventions,  or  assemblages, 
primary  or  party  election. 

(b)  To  give,  offer,  or  promise  any  office,  place,  or  employ- 
ment, or  to  promise  or  procure  or  endeavor  or  promise  to  endeavor 
or  procure  any  office,  place,  or  employment  to  or  for  any  voter  or 
to  or  for  any  other  person  in  order  to  induce  such  or  any  voter  to 
-vote  or  refrain  from  voting  for  any  particular  person  or  persons, 
measure  or  measures,  at  any  such  convention,  mass  meeting, 
assemblage,  primary  or  party  election,-  or  to  attend,  leave,  or 
remain  away  from  any  such  convention,  mass  meeting,  mass  con- 
vention, assemblage,  primary  or  party  election. 

(c)  To  advance  or  pay  or  cause  to  be  paid  any  money  or 
other  valuable  thing  to   or   for  the  use   of   any  person,   with 


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the  intent  that  the  same  or  any  part  thereof  shall  be  used 
unlawfully,  at  or  concerning  or  in  connection  with  any  such 
convention,  mass  convention,  mass  meeting,  assemblage,  or  pri- 
mary or  party  election,  or  to  pay  or  to  cause  to  be  paid  any 
money  or  other  valuable  thing  in  discharge  or  repayment  of  any 
money  or  valuable  consideration  wholly  or  in  part  expended, 
directly  or  indirectly,  unlawfully,  at,  touching,  or  in  connection 
with  any  such  convention,  mass  meeting,  mass  convention,  assem- 
blage, primary  or  party  election. 

(d)  To  advance  or  pay  or  cause  to  be  paid  as  expenses  or 
otherwise  to  or  for  the  use  of  any  person  any  money  or  valuable 
thing  to  induce  such  person  or  any  person  to  work  for,  solicit,  or 
seek  to  influence  votes  or  influences  for  or  against  any  person 
or  persons,  measure  or  measures,  at,  concerning,  or  in  connection 
with  any  such  convention,  mass  meeting,  mass  convention,  pri- 
mary or  party  election,  or  to  induce  such  person  or  any  person 
to  work  to  procure,  solicit,  or  influence  any  voter  or  voters  to 
attend,  leave,  or  remain  away  from  any  such  convention,  mass 
meeting,  mass  convention,  assemblage,  party  or  primary  election, 
Or  to  pay  or  to  cause  to  be  paid  any  money  or  other  valuable 
thing  to  or  for  the  use  and  benefit  of  any  person  in  discharge 
or  payment  of  or  for  time,  labor,  expenses,  or  services  alleged 
to  have  been  spent,  performed,  incurred,  or  rendered  for  or 
against  any  person  or  persons  at,  touching,  or  in  connection  w^ith 
any  such  convention,  mass  meeting,  mass  convention,  assem- 
blage, party  or  primary  election. 

Provided,  this  shall  not  include  the  payment  of  expenses  of 
any  one  for  soliciting  the  attendance  of  any  person  or  persons 
upon   party   conventions   or   party  primaries. 

(e)  For  any  officer  of  ^any  convention,  mass  convention, 
mass  meeting,  primary  election  or  party  election  or  other  person 
to  willfully  cast  the  vote  of  any  person  voting  for  some  person  or 
measure  different  from  that  person  or  measure  sought  to  be  voted 
for  by  the  person  voting,  or  to  falsely  cast  such  vote  in  any  way 
or  to  insert  a  ballot  for  one  person  or  measure  in  a  ballot  box 
when  the  person  voting  sought  to  vote  for  another  person  or 
measure,  or  to  change,  falsify,  or  tamper  with  the  returns  of  any 
primary  or  party  election. 

Sec.  2.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for 
any  person,  directly  or  indirectly,  by  himself  or  through  any 
person :  ' 


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(a)  To  receive,  agree  to  receive,  or  contract  for  before  or 
during  any  such  convention,  mass  meeting,  mass  convention,  party 
or  primary  election  as  set  out  in  Section  1  of  this  Act  any  money, 
gift,  loan  or  other  valuable  thing,  office,  place,  or  employment 
for  himself  or  any  other  person  for  voting  or  agreeing  to  vote, 
for  going  or  agreeing  to  go  to,  or  for  remaining  or  agreeing  to 
remain  away,  or  refraining  or  agreeing  to  refrain  from  voting 
or  for  voting  or  agreeing  to  vote,  or  refraining  or  agreeing  to 
refrain  from  voting  for  any  particular  person  or  persons,  measure 
or  measures,  at,  concerning,  or  in  connection  with  any  such  con- 
'  ontion,  mass  convention,  mass  meeting,  assemblage,  party  or 
primary  election. 

(b)  To  receive  any  money  or  other  valuable  thing,  gift, 
loan,  office,  place,  or  employment  for  himself  or  any  other  person 
for  voting  or  refraining  from  voting  for  or  against  any  particu- 
lar person  or  persons,  measure  or  measures,  or  on  account  of 
himself  or  any  other  person  for  going  to  or  remaining  away 
from,  or  on  account  of  having,  induced  any  person  to  vote  or 
refrain  from  voting,  or  to  vote  or  refrain  from  voting  for  or 
against  any  particular  person  or  persons,  measure  or  measures,  at 
or  in  connection  with  any  such  convention,  mass  convention,  mass 
meeting,  assemblage,  or  primary  or  party  election. 

Sec.  3.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  a  person  offending 
against  any  of  the  provisions  of  Sections  1  and  2  of  this  Act 
shall  be  a  competent  witness  against  any  other  person  violating 
any  provisions  of  this  Act,  and  may  be  compelled  to  attend  and 
testify  upon  any  trial,  hearing,  proceeding,  or  investigation  in 
the  same  manner  as  any  other  person,  but  the  testimony  so  given 
shall  not  be  used  in  any  prosecution  or  proceeding,  civil  or 
criminal,  against  the  person  so  testifying,  except  for  perjury  in 
giving  such  testimony,  and  a  person  so  testifying  shall  not  there- 
after be  liable  to  indictment,  prosecution,  or  punishment  for  the 
offense  with  reference  to  which  his  testimony  was  given,  and  may 
plead  or  prove  the  giving  of  said  testimony  accordingly  in  bar 
of  such  an  indictment  or  prosecution. 

Sec.  4.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  any  person  convicted  of 
the  offenses  mentioned  in  Section  1  of  this  Act  shall  be  fined  not 
less  than  one  hundred  dollars  ($100)  nor  more  than  one  thou- 
sand dollars  ($1,000)  and  be  imprisoned  in  the  county  jail  not 
less  than  six  nor  more  than  twelve  months,  be  disfranchised,  and 


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rendered  ineligible  from  holding  any  office  under  the  laws  of 
Tennessee,  or  in  any  county,  municipality,  division,  or  district 
therein. 

Sec.  5.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  any  person  convicted 
of  any  of  the  offenses  mentioned  in  Section  2  of  this  Act  shall 
be  fined  not  less  than  fifty  ($50)  nor  more  than  one  hundred 
dollars  ($100)  or  be  imprisoned  in  the  ^ounty  jail  not  more 
than  six  months,  or  both,  at  the  discretion  of  the  court. 

Sec.  6.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  "all  fines  collected  under 
the  provisions  of  this  Act  shall  be  turned  into  the  school  fund. 

Sec.  7.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  any  corporation  offend- 
ing against  the  provisions  of  this  Act  may  be  found  guilty,  and 
it  and  its  officers  through  whom  such  offense  was  committed 
shall  be  fined  and  the  officers  imprisoned  as  other  persons  under 
the  provisions  hereof. 

Sec.  8.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  no  defect  or  irregularity 
in  calling  such  convention,  mass  convention,  mass  meeiting, 
assemblage,  party  election  or  primary  election,  nor  any  irregulari- 
ty in  the  proceedings  thereof  shall  be  available  as  a  defense 
under  the  provisions  of  this  Act. 

Sec.  9.  Be  it  further  enacted.  That  nothing  herein  shall 
be  construed  to  prevent  a  candidate  or  any  public  or  political 
organization  or  any  person  or  persons  from  employing  and 
maintaining  a  proper  clerical  or  office  force  so  employed  and 
maintained  in  good  faith,  nor  to  prevent  public  and  political 
parties,  associations,  candidates,  and  organizations  from  dis- 
seminating literature  and  defraying  the  expenses  of  public 
speakers  nor  from  announcing  any  candidacy  in  any  newspaper. 

Sec.  10.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  Circuit  and  Crimi- 
nal Judges  of  Tennessee  shall  give  this  Act  in  charge  to  the  grand 
juries  in  the  various  counties  of  this  State,  and  the  grand  juries 
shall  have  inquisitorial  power  over  all  the  offenses  embraced  in 
this  Act;  Provided,  further,  that  nothing  in  this  Act  shall  be 
construed  to  prohibit  the  sending  of  conveyances  for  voters  who 
may  be  sick  or  otherwise  physically  unable  to  go  to  the  polls. 

Sec.  11.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  this  Act  take  effect 
from  and  after  its  passage,  the  public  welfare  requiring  it.— C/z. 
402,  Acts  1907. 


ELECTIOSS.  33 

ACT  TO  LEGALIZE  PRIMARY  ELECTIONS. 

Section  1.  Be  it  enacted  hy  the  General  Assembly  of  the 
State  of  Tennessee,  That  all  laws  now  in  force  and  applicable  to 
the  holding  of  general  elections  in  this  State  in  counties  having  a 
population  of  90,000  or  over  by  the  Federal  census  of  1890  shall 
hereafter  apply  and  govern  in  all  primary  elections  by  political 
parties  in  counties  having  a  population  of  not  less  than  110,000 
and  not  more  than  130,000  inhabitants  by  the  Federal  census 
of  1900  or  which  may  hereafter  have  that  number  by  any  subse- 
quent Federal  census,  except  as  hereinafter  provided;  Provided, 
further,  that  saloons  'shall  only  be  required  to  be  closed  during 
the  hours  in  which  said  primary  elections  are  being  held. 

Sec.  2.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  officers  for  each 
election  precinct,  ward,  or  district  in  all  primary  elections  held 
under  the  provisions  hereof  shall  be  the  same  niimber  as  is  re- 
quired and  designated  by  law  to  hold  regular  State  elections,  and 
their  duties  and  responsibilities  shall  be  precisely  the  same  as 
those  of  legally  appointed  and  regularly  qualified  officers  of  regu- 
lar State  elections.  They  shall  be  appointed  by  the  regularly 
organized  and  constituted  committee  or  governing  authority 
of  the  political  party  holding  such  primary  election,  and  shall, 
before  entering  upon  the  discharge  of  their  respective  duties, 
take  the  same  oath  recjuired  to  be  taken  by  officers  of  regular 
State  elections.  The  officers  in  each  primary  election,  precinct, 
ward,  or  district  shall  be  selected  from  lists  furnished  by  the 
ward  or  district  committeemen  at  lea'st  ten  days  before  such 
primary  election,  and  shall  be  as  nearly  equally  divided  as  possi- 
ble as  to  judges,  clerks,  and  officers  among  the  various  candidates. 
The  officers  of-  all  primary  elections  held  under  the  provisions 
hereof  shall  have  the  same  power  and  privileges  as  officers  of  regu- 
lar State  elections,  and  shall  be  subject  to  the  same  restrictions, 
limitations,  and  conditions.  Any  act  or  deed  denounced  by 
general  law  as  an  offense  in  the  case  of  officers  of  regular  State 
elections  is  hereby  declared  to  be  an  offense  in  the  case  of  officers 
of  such  primary  elections,  and  shall  be  punished  in  the  same  form 
and  manner  as  is  prescribed  by  general  law. 

*Sec.  3.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  Executive  Commit- 
tee of  such  political  party  shall  provide  a  suitable  ballot  for 
each  of  such  primary  elections  at  leasit  three  days  prior  to  such 
election,  and  shall  distribute  the  same  to  judges  of  elections  imme- 


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diately  prior  to  the  opening  of  the  polls,  and  no  other  ballot  shall 
be  legal  or  shall  be  counted  in  such  election. 

Sec.  4.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  any  person  desiring  to 
submit  his  name  to  the  voters  in  a  primary  election  shall  not 
later  than  fifteen  days  next  preceding  the  holding  of  such  pri- 
mary election  apprise  the  committee  or  governing  authority  of  the 
political  party  holding  such  primary  of  the  fact  that  he  is  a 
candidate,  and  upon  complying  with  the  condiitons  prescribed 
by  the  committee  or  governing  authority  for  the  regulation  of 
candidates,  shall  be  declared  to  be  a  candidate  by  the  committee 
or  governing  authority  of  such  political  party ;  and  any  person 
who  has  not  given  such  notice  to  the  committee  or  governing 
authority  or  who  has  not  complied  'with  the  conditions  prescribed 
by  the  committee  or  governing  authority  for  the  government  of 
candidates  shall  not  have  his  name  printed  on  the  ballots  used 
in  such  primary  election;  but  any  person  desiring  to  vote  for 
another  than  the  persons  whose  names  are  printed  on  such 
ballots  shall  have  the  right  to  do  so  by  writing  the  name  of  the 
person  for  whom  he  desires  to  vote  in  the  space  on  the  ballot  set 
apart  for  the  names  of  the  candidates  for. such  office  as  he  may 
desire  such  person  so  voted  for  to  hold. 

Sec.  5.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  within  such  time  as  is 
provided  by  law  in  the  case  of  State  electtions  and  in  the  same 
manner  the  election  returns  in  all  primary  elections  shall  be 
deposited  with  the  committee  or  governing  authority  of  the 
political  party  under  whose  direction  and  control  such  primary 
election  was  held  at  such  place  as  the  committee  or  governing 
authority  shall  designate  at  which  to  receive  such  returns,  and 
any  person  who  shall  change  or  in  any  wise  alter  such  returns 
shall  be  punished  in  the  same  form  and  manner  as  is  provided  by 
general  law  for  the  punishment  of  any  person  who  change's  or  in 
any  wise  alters  the  re^tums  of  a  regular  State  election. 

Sec.  6.  Be  it  further  enacted.  That  in  any  county  affected 
by  the  provisions  of  this  Act  the  Election  Commissionei*s  of  such 
counity,  when  notified  by  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  party 
intending  to  hold  a  primary  election  on  the  date  fixed  for  such 
election,  shall  cause  a  supplemental  registration  of  three  days  to 
be  held,  closing  at  least  twenty  days  before  the  said  primary,  and 
the  supplemental  regisitration  shall  in  all  respects  accord  with 
the  provisions  of  the  general  election  law  governing  supplemental 
registration;   Provided,   that   no  expense   shall    accrue   to   any 


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county  or  municipality  by  reason  of  the  supplemental  registration 
herein  provided  for. 

Sec.  7.  Be  it  further  enacted j  That  the  regularly  appointed 
Registrars  under  the  general  election  laws  shall  serve  in  all 
primary  elections;  Provided,  that  only  such  regular  Registrars 
who  affiliate  with  the  political  party  holding  said  primary  elec- 
tion shall  serve  as  Registrars  in  said  primary  election;  and, 
Provided,  further,  that  said  Registrars  shall  appoint  one  addi- 
tional Registrar  of  the  political  party  holding  the  primary  elec- 
tion to  serve  with  him  in  said  primary  election. 

Sec.  8.  Be  it  further  enacted.  That  the  general  election  law 
which  provides  that  any  person  desiring  to  vote  shall  have  as 
a  condition  precedent  thereto  paid  his  poll  tax  shall  not  be  appli- 
cable to  primary  elections  held  under  this  Act.- 

Sec.  9.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  any  judge,  clerk,  officer 
of  such  primary  election  or  any  voter  or  other  person  who 
would  be  deemed  guilty  of  any  offense  against  the  general  elec- 
tion laws  in  a  general  election  who  is  found  guilty  of  the  same 
offense  in  any  primary  election  as  herein  provided  for  shall  be 
deemed  guilty  of  a  felony,  and  shall,  on  conviction,  be  punished 
by  confinement  in  the  penitentiary  for  not  less  than  one  nor 
more  than  three  years. 

Sec.  10.  Be  it  further  enacted.  That  the  duly  authorized  and 
constituted  committee  or  governing  authority  in  the  county  or 
district  in  which  a  primary  election  may  be  held  hereunder 
is  hereby  empowered  to  count  the  votes  received  by  all  candidates 
in  such  primary  elections,  and  to  declare  the  candidate 
or  candidates  in  cases  where  candidates  for  more  than  one  office 
are  to  be  nominated  receiving  the  highest  number  of  votes 
the  nominee  of  such  political  party  for  the  office  for  which  he 
was  voted  for  at  such  primary  election.  In  all  cases  of  a  tie  vote 
or  contest  the  committee  or  governing  authority  of  the  political 
party  holding  such  primary  election  shall  have  the  power,  and 
it  shall  be  its  duty,  to  hear  and  determine  such  contest  and  decide 
who  shall  be  entitled  to  the  nomination.  In  case  there  be  more 
than  two  candidates  for  nomination  to  any  office  voted  for  in 
said  primary,  and  no  one  candidate  receives  a  majority  of  the 
votes  cast  at  said  primary  election,  then  the  committee  or  govern- 
ing authority  of  the  political  party  holding  such  primary 
election  can,  if  it  'sees  fit,  order  for  the  two  candidates  receiving 


36  ELECTIONS. 

the  highest  number  of  votes  a  run  off  to  determine  the  party- 
candidate  for  said  office;  Provided,  however,  if  this  section  of 
ithe  law  is  to  be  taken  advantage  of,  it  must  be  made  known  w^hen 
the  primary  election  is  called.  The  proceedings  in  such  cases  shall 
be  in  such  form  and  manner  as  the  committee  or  governing 
authority  shall  determine  upon.  Before  entering  upon  the  dis- 
charge of  the  duties  set  forth  in  this  Act  the  committee  or 
governing  authority  shall  be  sworn  by  some  officer  authorized  by 
law  tq  administer  an  oath  to  faithfully  and  honestly  discharge 
the  duties  herein  imposed,  and  the  failure  upon  the  part  of 
an}'  member  of  the  committee  or  governing  authority  to  discharge 
such  duties  faithfully  and  honestly  shall  be  deemed  a  misdemean- 
or, and  the  persons  so  offending  shall,  upon  indictment  and  con- 
viction in  the  Cirouit  or  Criminal  Court  of  the  county  or  district, 
be  fined  not  less  than  one  hundred  dollars  ($100)  nor  more 
than  five  hundred  dollars  ($500)  and  be  imprisoned  in  the 
county  jail  not  less  than  sixty  days  nor  more  than  one  year. 

Sec.  11.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  all  expenses  for  holding 
such  primary  election  shall  be  borne  by  the  political  party  holding 
the  same,  and  the  cost  of  publishing  and  circulating  notices  of 
elections,  and  all  other  expenses  shall  be  defrayed  in  such  man- 
ner as  may  be  provided  by  the  committee  or  governing  authority 
of  the  political  party  holding  such  primaries ;  Provided,  the  only 
expense  incurred  shall  be  for  advertising  the  election  and  the 
cost  of  printing  tickets.  The  ballots  used  in  such  primary 
election  shall  be  printed  by  order  of  the  committee  or  governing 
authority  having  direction  and  control  of  such  primaries  under 
the  same  restricti6ns  and  limitations  as  is  provided  by  general 
law  for  the  printing  of  ballots  used  in  regular  State  elections. 

Sec.  12.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  each  of  the  candidates 
votcrd  for  at  any  election  hrld  under  the  provisions  of  this  Act 
shall  be  entitled  to  an  inspector  of  count,  and  for  that  purpose 
may  appoint  in  writing  an  inspector  of  count  to  be  present  and 
witness  the  casting  and  count  the  ballots  in  said  election  in  each 
voting  place  in  the  district,  ward,  or  county  wherein  said  elec- 
tion is  held,  and  said  inspector  shall  have  free  access  to  the 
polling  places  during  the  progress  of  said  election ;  Provided,  if 
there  be  more  than  five  and  less  than  ten  candidates,  any  two  of 
said  candidates  shall  jointly  appoint  one  inspector ;  if  there 
be  more  than  ten  candidates  and  less  than  twentj^,  then  any 
three  of  said  candidates  shall  jointly  appoint  one  inspector,  and 


ELECTIONS.  37 

for  all  over  twenty,  then  any  five  of  said  candidates  shall  jointly 
appoint  such  inspector.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  judges  on 
the  close  of  the  polls  to  admit  to  the  count  of  the  vote  as  inspector 
any  person  as  herein  provided  who  submits  to  them  an  appoint- 
ment in  writing  from  any  candidate  or  candidates.  Any  person 
presenting  to  the  judge  of  said  election  an  appointment  in  writing 
from  any  candidate  or  candidates  at  the  close  of  the  polls  as 
aforesaid  shall  be  permitted  to  be  present  and  witness  the  count 
of  the  ballots  ,and  any  judge  or  officer  of  election  who  shall  pre- 
vent such  authorized  inspector  to  be  present  at  the  count  of  the 
ballots  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  shall,  upon  indict- 
ment and  conviction  in  the  Circuit  or  Criminal  Court,  be  fined 
not  less  than  $100  nor  more  than  $500. 

Sec.  13.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  committee  or  gov- 
erning authority  of  the  political  party  holding  such  election 
shall  designate  in  the  public  notice  required  to  be  given  of  said 
election  the  hours  between  which  said  election  shall  be  held,  before 
the  hour  of  12  m.,  and  not  later  than  8 :30  p.  m.,  in  the  different 
wards  and  districts  of  counties  affected  by  this  Act. 

Sec.  14.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  this  Act  take  effect  from 
and  after  its  passage,  the  public  welfare  requiring  it— Ch.  422, 
Acts  1907. 


38  ELECTIONS. 

POPULATION  TENNESSEE  COUNTIES, 
CENSUS  1900. 

And  Kind  of  Ballots   to   be  Used. 

Population. 

Anderson  County— IZ  Districts 17364 

Districts  Nos.  5  and  13  registration  required  and 
Australian  ballot  used.  In  all  other  districts 
3x7  ballot. 

Bedford   County— 2b    districts 23845 

District  No.  7  Australian  ballo  tused  and  registra- 
tion required.     In  all  other  districts  3x7  ballots. 

Benton  County— 1^  Districts 11888 

3x7  ballot  used  in  all  districts. 

Bledsoe  Count— 12  Districts 6626 

Registration  required  and  Australian  ballot  used, 
Chapter  544,  Acts  1907. 

Blount  County— 1^   Districts 19206 

3x7  ballots  used  in  all  districts. 

Bladley  County— 14:  Districts 15759 

.  ^  Registration  required  and  Australian  ballot  used  in 

District  No.  6,  in  all  other  district's  3x7  ballot  used. 

Campbell  County— 16  Districts 17317 

Registration  required  and  Australian  ballot  used 
in  District  No.  17,  in  all  other  districts  3x7  ballot 
used. 

Cannon  County— lb  Districts 12121 

3x7  ballot  used  in  all  districts.  Chapter  404  Acts 
1907   (County  divided  into  six  districts.) 

Carroll  County— 2b  Districts •. 24250 

^  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  districts. 

Carter  County— 1^  Districts 16688 

^  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  districts. 

Cheatham  County— lb  Districts 10112 

3x7  ballot  used  in  all  districts. 


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Chester  County— 13  Districts 9896 

Registration  required  and  Australian  ballot  used  in 
District  No.  6,  in  all  other  districts  3x7  ballot  used. 

Claiborne  County— 15  Districts 20696 

Registration  required  and  Australian  ballot  used  in 
District  No.  6,  in  all  other  districts  3x7  ballot  used. 

Clay   County— 12  Districts 8421 

3x7  ballot  used  in  all  districts. 

Cocke  County— 11  Districts 19153 

^  Australian  ballot  used   in  District  No.   6,   in   all 

others   3x7  ballot. 

Coffee  County— IQ  Districts .• 15574 

X  Registration  required  and  Australian  ballot  used  in 

District  No.  13,  in  all  other  districts  3x7  ballot  used. 

Crockett  County— 15  Districts 15867 

"~^  3x7   ballot  used   in   all   districts. 

CuTYiherland  County— 12  Districts 8311 

\  3x7   ballot  used   in   all   districts. 

Davidson  County— 25  Districts 122815 

Registration  required  and  Australian  ballot  used  in 
all  districts. 

Decatur   County— 12   Districts 10439 

^  No  registration  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  districts. 

DeKalh  County— 22  Districts 16460 

District  No.  9  Australian  ballot  used  and  registra- 
^  tione  required.  In  all  other  districts  3x7  ballot  used. 

Dickson  County— 14:  Districts 18633 

Registration  required  and  Australian  ballot  used  in 
^       Districts  Nos.  5  and  6,  in  all  other  districts  3x7 
ballot  used. 

Dyer  County— IS  Districts 23776 

Registration  required  and  Australian  baljot  used  in 
Districts  Nos.  4  and  6.  In  all  other  districts  3x7 
ballot  used. 


40   -  ELECTIONS. 

Fayette  County— 15  Districts 29701 

Registration  required  and  Australian  ballot  used  in 
District  No.  4,  in  all  other  districts  3x7  ballot  used. 

Fentress  County— IS  Districts • 6106 

No  registration  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  districts. 

Franklin  CoHniy—19  Districts 20392 

Registration  required  and  Australian  ballot  used  in 
District  No.  1,  in  all  other  districts  3x7  ballot  used. 

Gibson  County— 2o  Districts 39408 

Registration  required  and  Australian  ballot  used  in 
Districts  3,  7,  S,  13  and  21.  In  all  other  distriet:s 
3x7  ballot  used. 

GUes  County— 22  Districts 33035 

Registration  required  and  Australian  ballot  used  in 
District  No.   7.     In  all   other  districts  3x7   ballot  . 
used. 

Grainger  County— 14:  Districts 15512 

No  registration  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  districts. 

Greene  County— 25  Districts 30596 

Registration  required  and  Australian  ballot  used  in 
District  No.  10  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  other 
districts. 

Grundy  County— 13  Districts 8702 

No  registration  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  districts. 

Hamblen  County— 12  Districts 12728 

No  registration  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  districts. 

Hamilton    County—^   Districts 61695 

Registration  required  and  Australian  ballot  used  in 
all  districts. 

Hancock  County— 17  Districts 11147 

No  registration  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  districts. 

Hardeman  Coimty— 20  Districts 22976 

Registration  required  and  Australian  ballot  used  in 
Districts  Nos.  4  and  6,  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all 
cvther  districts. 


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Hardin  County —S  Districts 19246 

Eegistration  required  and  Australian  ballot  used  in 
Districts  Nos.  7  and  9,  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all 

Hawkins  County— 20  Districts 24267 

No  registration  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  districts. 

HoAjicood  County— i2  Districts 25189 

Registration  required  and  Australian  ballot  used  in 
4,  5  and  8,  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  other  districts. 

Henderson  County— 20  Districts 18117- 

No  registration  and  3x7  ballot  in  all  districts. 

Henry  County— 2b  Districts .24208 

Registration  required  and  Australian  ballot  used  in 
District  No.  1,  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  other  districts. 

Hickman  County— lo  Districts 16367 

Australian  ballot  and  registration  in  District  No.  1, 
and  3x7  ballot  in  all  other  districts. 

Houston  County —S  Districts 6476 

•No  registration   and  3x7  ballot  in  all  districts. 

Humphreys  County— lb  Districts   13396 

No  registration  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  districts. 

Jackson  Caunty—15  Districts 15039 

No  registration  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  districtsr 

James  County— 10  Districts 5407 

No  registration  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  districts. 

Jefferson  County— 19  Districts 18590 

No  registration  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  districts. 

Johnson  County— 10  Districts 10589 

No  registration  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  districts. 

Kfiox  County— 24:  Districts 74302 

Registration  required  and  Australian  ballot  used  in 
all  districts. 

Lake  County —S  Districts 7368 

No  registration  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  districts. 


42  ELECTIONS. 

Lauderdale  County— IQ  Districts , 21971 

Australian  ballot  and  registration  in  District  No.  2, 
District  No.  2,  in  all  other  districts  3x7  ballot  used. 

Lawrence  County— 1^  Districts 15402 

No  registration  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  districts. 

Lewis  County— 10  Districts 4455 

No  registration  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  districts. 

Lincoln  County— 2^  Districts 26304 

Registration  required  and  Australian  ballot  used  in 
District  No.  8,  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  otter  dis- 
tricts. 

Loudon  County— 11  Districts 10838 

No  registration  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  districts. 

McMinn  County— IS  District 19163 

No  registration  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  districts. 

McNairy  County— 19  Districts 17760 

Registration  required  and  Australian  ballot  used  in 
District  No.  6,  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  other  ^ 
districts. 

Maoon  County— 12  Districts 12881 

No  registration  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  districts. 

Madison  County— IS  Districts 36333 

Registration  required  and  Australian  ballot  used  in 
District  No.  15,  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  other 
districts. 

Marion  County— 1^  Districts. 17281 

Registration  required  and  Australian  ballot  used  in 
District  No'.  15  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  other 
districts. 

Marshall  County— IS  Districts 18763 

Registration  required  and  Australian  ballot  used  in 
District  No.  15  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  other 
districts. 

Maury  Coi^w#2/-t  25  Districts 42703 


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Registration  required  and  Australian  ballot  used. 
Applies  to  entire  county,  Chapter  387,  Acts  1905. 

Meigs  County— 8  Districts 7491 

No  registration  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  districts. 

Monroe  County— 20  Districts 18585 

Australian  ballt  and  registration  in  District  No.  1, 
3x7  ballot  used  in  all  other  districts. 

Montgomery  County— 21  Districts 36017 

Registration  required  and  Australian  ballot  used  in 
Districts.  Nos.  1  and  12  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all 
other  districts. 

Moore  County— 11  Districts 5706 

No  registration  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  districts. 

Morgan  County— 12  Districts 9587 

No  registration  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  districts. 

Ohion  County— 16  Districts 28286 

Registration  required  and  Australian  ballot  used  in 
Districts  Nos.  6,  13  and  16,  and  3x7  ballot  used  in 
all  other  districts. 

Overton  Coimty—11  Districts 28286 

No  registration  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  districts. 

Perry  County— 11  Districts 8800 

No  registration  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  districts. 

Pickett  County— 10  Districts 5366 

No  registration  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  districts. 

Polk  County— 11  Districts 11357 

No  registration  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  districts. 

Putnam  County— 20  Districts 16890 

Registration  required  and  Australian  ballot  used  in 
District  No.  1  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  other 
districts. 

Rhea  County— 15  Districts 14318 

No  registration  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  districts. 


44  ELECTIONS. 

Boam  Caimty— IS  Districts 22738 

Registration  required  and  Australian  ballot  used  in 
Districts  Nos.  13  and  16,  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all 
other  districts. 

Eohertson  County— IS  Districts 25Q29 

Registration  required  and  Australian  ballot  used  in 
District  No.  9,  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  other 
districts. 

Rutherford   County— 26   Districts 33543 

Registration  required  and  Australian  ballot  used  in 
District  No.  13,  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  other 
districts. 

Scott  County— 14:  Districts 11077 

No  registration  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  districts. 

Sequatchie  County— S  Districts 3326 

No  registration  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  districts. 

Sevier  County— 11  Districts 22021 

Registration  required  and  Australian  ballot  used  in 
District  No.  5,  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  other 
districts. 

Shelby  County— 19  Districts 153557 

Registration  required  and  Australian  ballot  used  in 
all  districts. 

Smith  County— 22  Districts 19026 

No  registration  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  districts. 

Stewart  County— 12  Districts 15224 

No  registration  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  districts. 

Sullivan  County— 22  Districts 24935 

Registration  required  and  Australian  ballot  used  in 
District  No.  17,  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  other 
districts. 

Sumner  County— 1^  Districts 26072 

Registration  required  and  Australian  ballot  used  in 
Districts  Nos.  3  and  12,  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all 
other  districts. 


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Tipton  County— 1^  Districts 29273 

Registration  required  and  Australian  ballot  used  in 
Districts  Nos.  1,  7  and  8,  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all 
other  districts. 

Trousdale  County— 10  Districts 6004 

No  registration  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  districts. 

Unicoi  County— 12  Districts 5651 

No  registration  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  districts. 

Union  Cou7ity—16  Districts '. 12894 

No  registration  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  districts. 

Van  Buren  County —S  Districts 3126 

No  registration  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  districts. 

Warren  County— IQ  Districts 16410 

No  registration  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  districts. 
Acts  of  1905. 

Washington  County— 1'^  Districts ;  .22604 

Australian  ballot  and  registration  in  District  No. 
9,  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  other  districts. 

Wayne  County— 14:  Districts 12936 

No  registration  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  districts. 

Weakley  County— 2b  Districts 32546 

Registration  required  and  Australian  ballot  used  in 
Districts  Nos.  7  and  9,  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all 
other  districts. 

White  County— 14  Districts 14157 

No  registration  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  districts. 

Williamson  County— 2"^  Districts 26429 

Registration  required  and  Australian  ballot  used  in 
District  No.  9,  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  other 
districts. 

Wilson  County— 2b  Districts 27078 

Registration  required  and  Australian  ballot  used  in 
District  No.  10,  and  3x7  ballot  used  in  all  other 
districts.  :  ,   . 


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